Which to use
“sucção” and “sulco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,463
- “sucção” frequency rank
- #45,610
- “sulco” frequency rank
- 70073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sucção | sulco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de sugar; sugação | rego |
Where the eye mixes sucção and sulco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sucção runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against sulco's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sucção and sulco
A purely visual mix-up. sucção (/su.ˈksɐ̃w̃/) and sulco (/ˈsuɫ.ku/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70073, 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/. sulco is at rank #45,610, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsuɫ.ku/.
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 70073, this pair ranks #3,748 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sucção vs sulco
Shared letters: cosu. Private to "sucção": ãç. Private to "sulco": l.
"sucção" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "sulco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sulco ← sluco · ssulco · suclo · sulcco · sullco · suloc · uslco
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sucção" and "sulco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sucção" vs "sulco" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sucção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sulco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,748 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sucção" and "sulco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sueño 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 #3,748 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.