Which to use
“sujo” is an adjective and “sun” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,959
- “sujo” frequency rank
- #7,698
- “sun” frequency rank
- 12657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sujo | sun |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | qualidade do que não está limpo | Sol |
Letter map: sujo vs sun
Shared letters muted; letters that set sujo and sun apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for sujo / sun
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sujo is anadjective and sunanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sujo is recorded at frequency rank #4,959, classified as anadj. sun is at rank #7,698, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sʌn/.
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 12657, this pair ranks #59,863 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sujo vs sun
Shared letters: su. Private to "sujo": jo. Private to "sun": n.
"sujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sun" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sujo ← sjuo · ssujo · sujjo · suoj · usjo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sujo" and "sun" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sujo" or "sun"?
What to do next
Pair "sujo" vs "sun" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sujo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,863 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sujo" and "sun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sueño vs sun". 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 #59,863 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.