sujovssunTell them apart

Quick tell: sujo is a adjective, sun is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

4 ch
sujo
3 ch
sun

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

  • sujosjuo · ssujo · sujjo · suoj · usjo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sujo" and "sun" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sujo" is an adjective and "sun" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sujo" or "sun"?
"sujo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,959 in our Portuguese list, against #7,698 for "sun". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list