surravssuturaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#10,971
“surra” frequency rank
#41,740
“sutura” frequency rank
52711
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature surra sutura
Definition ato ou efeito de surrar: tipo de ligação usada por médicos, em especial cirurgiões, para manter unidos pele, músculos, vasos sanguíneos e outros tecidos do corpo humano, após terem sido seccionados por um ferimento ou cirurgia

Letter map: surra vs sutura

Shared letters muted; letters that set surra and sutura apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. surra runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against sutura's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
surra
6 ch
sutura

Corpus notes: surra and sutura

surra and sutura are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

surra is recorded at frequency rank #10,971, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsu.Rɐ/. sutura is at rank #41,740, tagged as anoun.

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 52711, this pair ranks #12,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of surra vs sutura

Shared letters: arsu. Private to "surra": -. Private to "sutura": t.

"surra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "sutura" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • surra ← srura · ssurra · sura · surar · usrra
  • sutura ← ssutura · stuura · sutrua · suttura · sutuar · suturra · suutra · ustura

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "surra" and "sutura" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "surra" vs "sutura" - which ranks higher?
"surra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,971 in our Portuguese list, against #41,740 for "sutura". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "surra" and "sutura". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "surra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sutura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "surra" and "sutura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sátira vs sutura". 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 #12,559 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