suma vs sumir, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“suma” is a noun and “sumir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,978
“suma” frequency rank: #11,746
“sumir” frequency rank: 19724
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	suma	sumir
Definition	resumo	desaparecer, deixar de existir

Letter map: suma vs sumir

Shared letters muted; letters that set suma and sumir apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

suma

5 ch

sumir

Role in the sentence - suma and sumir

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suma is anoun and sumiraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suma is recorded at frequency rank #7,978, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsu.mɐ/. sumir is at rank #11,746, 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 19724, this pair ranks #50,935 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suma vs sumir

Shared letters: msu. Private to "suma": a. Private to "sumir": ir.

"suma" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sumir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

suma ← smua · ssuma · suam · summa · usma
sumir ← smuir · ssumir · suimr · sumirr · summir · sumri · usmir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suma" for "sumir" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suma" is a noun and "sumir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "suma" or "sumir" show up more?

"suma" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,978 in our Portuguese list, against #11,746 for "sumir". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "suma" and "sumir". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "suma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "sumir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #50,935 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"suma" and "sumir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soir vs sumir". 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 #50,935 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.