sumavssutiãTell them apart

Which to use

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

#7,978
“suma” frequency rank
#12,780
“sutiã” frequency rank
20758
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suma sutiã
Definition resumo peça do vestuário feminino que serve para dar suporte, modelar ou cobrir os seios

Where the eye mixes suma and sutiã

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. suma runs 4 letters (CVCV) against sutiã's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
suma
5 ch
sutiã

Visual trap between suma and sutiã

A purely visual mix-up. suma (/ˈsu.mɐ/) and sutiã (/su.tʃi.ˈɐ̃/, /su.ˈt͡ʃjɐ̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20758, 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/. sutiã is at rank #12,780, tagged as anoun, pronounced /su.tʃi.ˈɐ̃/, /su.ˈt͡ʃjɐ̃/.

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 20758, this pair ranks #49,677 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suma vs sutiã

Shared letters: su. Private to "suma": am. Private to "sutiã": itã.

"suma" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sutiã" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suma ← smua · ssuma · suam · summa · usma

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "suma" and "sutiã" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈsu.mɐ/ versus /su.tʃi.ˈɐ̃/, /su.ˈt͡ʃjɐ̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "suma" vs "sutiã" - which ranks higher?
"suma" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,978 in our Portuguese list, against #12,780 for "sutiã". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "suma" and "sutiã" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sutiã" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,677 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suma" and "sutiã" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sudan vs suma". 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 #49,677 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