suavssucoTell them apart

Quick tell: sua is a adjective, suco is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sua” is an adjective and “suco” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32
“sua” frequency rank
#4,860
“suco” frequency rank
4892
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sua suco
Definition que tem você como objeto líquido retirado da parte carnuda de uma fruta, de algum animal ou de algum vegetal

Letter map: sua vs suco

Shared letters muted; letters that set sua and suco apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
sua
4 ch
suco

Grammar separator: sua vs suco

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sua is anadjective and sucoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sua is recorded at frequency rank #32, classified as anadj. suco is at rank #4,860, tagged as anoun.

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 4892, this pair ranks #69,862 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sua vs suco

Shared letters: su. Private to "sua": a. Private to "suco": co.

"sua" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "suco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sucoscuo · ssuco · succo · suoc · usco

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sua" and "suco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sua" is an adjective and "suco" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sua" or "suco" show up more?
"sua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our Portuguese list, against #4,860 for "suco". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "sua" vs "suco" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,862 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sua" and "suco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suco vs sueño". 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 #69,862 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list