sucovssumoConfusable pair

Quick tell: suco is a noun, sumo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“suco” is a noun and “sumo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,860
“suco” frequency rank
#9,264
“sumo” frequency rank
14124
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suco sumo
Definition líquido retirado da parte carnuda de uma fruta, de algum animal ou de algum vegetal supremo, máximo

Letter map: suco vs sumo

Shared letters muted; letters that set suco and sumo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
suco
4 ch
sumo

Part-of-speech tell for suco / sumo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suco is anoun and sumoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “suco” becomes m in “sumo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suco is recorded at frequency rank #4,860, classified as anoun. sumo is at rank #9,264, 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 14124, this pair ranks #58,046 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of suco vs sumo

Shared letters: osu. Private to "suco": c. Private to "sumo": m.

"suco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sumo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sucoscuo · ssuco · succo · suoc · usco
  • sumosmuo · ssumo · summo · suom · usmo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "suco" and "sumo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suco" is a noun and "sumo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "suco" or "sumo"?
"suco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,860 in our Portuguese list, against #9,264 for "sumo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "suco" vs "sumo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sumo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,046 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suco" and "sumo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sueño vs sumo". 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 #58,046 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