sua vs suma, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#32
“sua” frequency rank: #7,978
“suma” frequency rank: 8010
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	sua	suma
Definition	que tem você como objeto	resumo

Letter map: sua vs suma

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

3 ch

sua

4 ch

suma

Grammar separator: sua vs suma

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sua is anadjective and sumaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sua is recorded at frequency rank #32, classified as anadj. suma is at rank #7,978, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsu.mɐ/.

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 8010, this pair ranks #65,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sua vs suma

Shared letters: asu. Private to "sua": -. Private to "suma": m.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

suma ← smua · ssuma · suam · summa · usma

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sua" and "suma" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sua" is an adjective and "suma" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "sua" or "suma"?

"sua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our Portuguese list, against #7,978 for "suma". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "sua" vs "suma" 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 "suma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #65,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"sua" and "suma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sudan vs suma". 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 #65,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.