Which to use
“sugar” and “sujar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,556
- “sugar” frequency rank
- #17,647
- “sujar” frequency rank
- 29203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sugar | sujar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | promover sucção | tornar sujo, especialmente na superfície |
Where the eye mixes sugar and sujar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sugar and sujar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between sugar and sujar
A purely visual mix-up. sugar (/su.ˈɡaɾ/) and sujar (/su.ˈʒaɾ/) 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 a single letter - g in “sugar” becomes j in “sujar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sugar is recorded at frequency rank #11,556, classified as averb, pronounced /su.ˈɡaɾ/. sujar is at rank #17,647, tagged as averb, pronounced /su.ˈʒaɾ/.
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 29203, this pair ranks #39,501 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sugar vs sujar
Shared letters: arsu. Private to "sugar": g. Private to "sujar": j.
"sugar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "sujar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sugar" for "sujar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sugar" vs "sujar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sugar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sujar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,501 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sugar" and "sujar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sudan vs sujar". 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 #39,501 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.