suorvssusWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: suor is a noun, sus is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“suor” is a noun and “sus” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,091
“suor” frequency rank
#7,578
“sus” frequency rank
17669
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suor sus
Definition líquido segregado pelas glândulas da pele interjeição que demonstra impaciência (século XVI)

Letter map: suor vs sus

Shared letters muted; letters that set suor and sus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
suor
3 ch
sus

Role in the sentence - suor and sus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suor is anoun and susanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17669, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suor is recorded at frequency rank #10,091, classified as anoun, pronounced /su.ˈɔɾ/. sus is at rank #7,578, tagged as anintj.

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 17669, this pair ranks #53,516 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suor vs sus

Shared letters: su. Private to "suor": or. Private to "sus": -.

"suor" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "sus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suorsour · ssuor · suorr · suro · usor

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "suor" and "sus" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suor" is a noun and "sus" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "suor" or "sus"?
"sus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,578 in our Portuguese list, against #10,091 for "suor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "suor" vs "sus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,516 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suor" and "sus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soir vs suor". 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 #53,516 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