sugerirvssuprirConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#6,815
“sugerir” frequency rank
#14,967
“suprir” frequency rank
21782
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sugerir suprir
Definition insinuar, inspirar: fornecer ou prover (uma pessoa, estabelecimento, lugar, etc) o que está faltando ou é necessário

Letter map: sugerir vs suprir

Shared letters muted; letters that set sugerir and suprir apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. sugerir runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against suprir's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
sugerir
6 ch
suprir

Corpus notes: sugerir and suprir

sugerir and suprir 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 21782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sugerir is recorded at frequency rank #6,815, classified as averb, pronounced /su.ʒɨ.ˈɾiɾ/. suprir is at rank #14,967, tagged as averb.

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 21782, this pair ranks #48,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sugerir vs suprir

Shared letters: irsu. Private to "sugerir": eg. Private to "suprir": p.

"sugerir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "suprir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sugerir ← sguerir · ssugerir · suegrir · sugeirr · sugerirr · sugerri · sugerrir · suggerir
  • suprir ← spurir · ssuprir · supirr · supprir · suprirr · suprri · suprrir · surpir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sugerir" for "suprir" 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: "sugerir" vs "suprir" - which ranks higher?
"sugerir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,815 in our Portuguese list, against #14,967 for "suprir". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sugerir" and "suprir".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sugerir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suprir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sugerir" and "suprir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soprar vs suprir". 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 #48,401 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