sucovssulcoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“suco” and “sulco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,860
“suco” frequency rank
#45,610
“sulco” frequency rank
50470
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suco sulco
Definition líquido retirado da parte carnuda de uma fruta, de algum animal ou de algum vegetal rego

Letter map: suco vs sulco

Shared letters muted; letters that set suco and sulco apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. suco runs 4 letters (CVCV) against sulco's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
suco
5 ch
sulco

Pair insight - suco / sulco

suco and sulco 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suco is recorded at frequency rank #4,860, classified as anoun. 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 50470, this pair ranks #14,488 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suco vs sulco

Shared letters: cosu. Private to "suco": -. Private to "sulco": l.

"suco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sulco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suco ← scuo · ssuco · succo · suoc · usco
  • sulco ← sluco · ssulco · suclo · sulcco · sullco · suloc · uslco

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suco" for "sulco" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "suco" vs "sulco" - which ranks higher?
"suco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,860 in our Portuguese list, against #45,610 for "sulco". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "suco" and "sulco".

  • Full dictionary entry for "suco" 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 #14,488 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suco" 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 #14,488 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