suavssujarWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#32
“sua” frequency rank
#17,647
“sujar” frequency rank
17679
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sua sujar
Definition que tem você como objeto tornar sujo, especialmente na superfície

Letter map: sua vs sujar

Shared letters muted; letters that set sua and sujar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
sua
5 ch
sujar

Role in the sentence - sua and sujar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sua is anadjective and sujaraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sua is recorded at frequency rank #32, classified as anadj. sujar is at rank #17,647, tagged as averb, pronounced /su.ˈʒaɾ/.

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 17679, this pair ranks #53,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sua vs sujar

Shared letters: asu. Private to "sua": -. Private to "sujar": jr.

"sua" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "sujar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sujarsjuar · ssujar · suajr · sujarr · sujjar · sujra · usjar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sua" for "sujar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sua" is an adjective and "sujar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sua" or "sujar"?
"sua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our Portuguese list, against #17,647 for "sujar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "sua" and "sujar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sujar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sua" and "sujar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sudan vs sujar". 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 #53,507 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