Which to use
“stop” is an intj and “sup” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,087
- “stop” frequency rank
- #25,150
- “sup” frequency rank
- 32237
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stop | sup |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pare, para | abutre |
Letter map: stop vs sup
Shared letters muted; letters that set stop and sup apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for stop / sup
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stop is anintj and supanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stop is recorded at frequency rank #7,087, classified as anintj. sup is at rank #25,150, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sʊp/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 32237, this pair ranks #35,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stop vs sup
Shared letters: ps. Private to "stop": ot. Private to "sup": u.
"stop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "sup" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- stop ← sotp · sstop · stopp · stpo · sttop · tsop
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "stop" and "sup" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "stop" or "sup" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "stop" vs "sup" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "stop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sup" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stop" and "sup" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs sup". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #35,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.