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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "surra" vs "sutura" - which ranks higher?
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.