Which to use
“sucção” and “suco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,463
- “sucção” frequency rank
- #4,860
- “suco” frequency rank
- 29323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sucção | suco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de sugar; sugação | líquido retirado da parte carnuda de uma fruta, de algum animal ou de algum vegetal |
Letter map: sucção vs suco
Shared letters muted; letters that set sucção and suco apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. sucção runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against suco's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - sucção / suco
sucção and suco are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sucção is recorded at frequency rank #24,463, classified as anoun, pronounced /su.ˈksɐ̃w̃/. 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 29323, this pair ranks #39,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sucção vs suco
Shared letters: cosu. Private to "sucção": ãç. Private to "suco": -.
"sucção" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "suco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- suco ← scuo · ssuco · succo · suoc · usco
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sucção" and "suco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sucção" or "suco"?
Useful next steps
Pair "sucção" vs "suco" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sucção" 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 #39,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sucção" and "suco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sucção vs sulco". 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 #39,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.