Which to use
“superior” is an adjective and “suprir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #925
- “superior” frequency rank
- #14,967
- “suprir” frequency rank
- 15892
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | superior | suprir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | melhor, mais elevado | fornecer ou prover (uma pessoa, estabelecimento, lugar, etc) o que está faltando ou é necessário |
Letter map: superior vs suprir
Shared letters muted; letters that set superior and suprir apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. superior runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against suprir's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - superior and suprir
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: superior is anadjective and supriraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
superior is recorded at frequency rank #925, classified as anadj, pronounced /su.pɨ.ˈɾjoɾ/. suprir is at rank #14,967, 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 15892, this pair ranks #55,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of superior vs suprir
Shared letters: iprsu. Private to "superior": eo. Private to "suprir": -.
"superior" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "suprir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "superior" and "suprir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "superior" or "suprir" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "superior" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suprir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "superior" and "suprir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soprar vs suprir". 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 #55,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.