Which to use
“sugar” and “supor” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,556
- “sugar” frequency rank
- #13,186
- “supor” frequency rank
- 24742
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sugar | supor |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | promover sucção | Admitir uma hipótese. |
Where the eye mixes sugar and supor
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sugar and supor follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: sugar vs supor
A purely visual mix-up. sugar (/su.ˈɡaɾ/) and supor (/su.ˈpoɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24742, 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/. supor is at rank #13,186, tagged as averb, pronounced /su.ˈpoɾ/.
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 24742, this pair ranks #44,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sugar vs supor
Shared letters: rsu. Private to "sugar": ag. Private to "supor": op.
"sugar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "supor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sugar" and "supor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sugar" or "supor" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sugar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sugar" and "supor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sudan vs sugar". 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 #44,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.