suarvssujoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: suar is a verb, sujo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#22,808
“suar” frequency rank
#4,959
“sujo” frequency rank
27767
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suar sujo
Definition transpirar, emitir suor pelos poros da pele qualidade do que não está limpo

Letter map: suar vs sujo

Shared letters muted; letters that set suar and sujo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
suar
4 ch
sujo

Part-of-speech tell for suar / sujo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suar is averb and sujoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suar is recorded at frequency rank #22,808, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈswaɾ/. sujo is at rank #4,959, tagged as anadj.

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 27767, this pair ranks #41,173 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suar vs sujo

Shared letters: su. Private to "suar": ar. Private to "sujo": jo.

"suar" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "sujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suarsaur · ssuar · suarr
  • sujosjuo · ssujo · sujjo · suoj · usjo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "suar" and "sujo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suar" is a verb and "sujo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "suar" or "sujo" show up more?
"sujo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,959 in our Portuguese list, against #22,808 for "suar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "suar" and "sujo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "suar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sujo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,173 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suar" and "sujo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs suar". 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 #41,173 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