Which to use
“subornar” is a verb and “suborno” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,934
- “subornar” frequency rank
- #14,243
- “suborno” frequency rank
- 49177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | subornar | suborno |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fazer com que (alguém) retarde ou omita ato de ofício ou o pratique infrinjindo dever funcional mediante oferecimento ou promessa de vantagem indevida | vantagem ou promessa oferecida a funcionário público para determiná-lo a descumprir ato de ofício |
Letter map: subornar vs suborno
Shared letters muted; letters that set subornar and suborno apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. subornar runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against suborno's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - subornar and suborno
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: subornar is averb and subornoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
subornar is recorded at frequency rank #34,934, classified as averb, pronounced /su.buɾ.ˈnaɾ/. suborno is at rank #14,243, 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 49177, this pair ranks #15,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of subornar vs suborno
Shared letters: bnorsu. Private to "subornar": a. Private to "suborno": -.
"subornar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "suborno" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "subornar" and "suborno" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "subornar" vs "suborno" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "subornar" and "suborno".
- Full dictionary entry for "subornar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suborno" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "subornar" and "suborno" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saborear vs subornar". 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 #15,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.