Which to use
“suspeição” and “suspeita” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,040
- “suspeição” frequency rank
- #4,112
- “suspeita” frequency rank
- 42152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suspeição | suspeita |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o mesmo que suspeita; desconfiança. | opinião, em geral desfavorável e baseada em fracas provas, sobre algo ou alguém |
Letter map: suspeição vs suspeita
Shared letters muted; letters that set suspeição and suspeita apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. suspeição runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCVV) against suspeita's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - suspeição / suspeita
suspeição and suspeita 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 42152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suspeição is recorded at frequency rank #38,040, classified as anoun. suspeita is at rank #4,112, tagged as anoun, pronounced /suʃ.ˈpɐj.tɐ/.
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 42152, this pair ranks #23,668 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suspeição vs suspeita
Shared letters: eipsu. Private to "suspeição": oãç. Private to "suspeita": at.
"suspeição" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVV · "suspeita" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- suspeita ← ssupeita · ssuspeita · supseita · susepita · suspeiat · suspeitta · suspetia · suspieta
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suspeição" for "suspeita" ever safe?
Which is more common, "suspeição" or "suspeita"?
What to do next
You've compared "suspeição" and "suspeita". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "suspeição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suspeita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,668 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suspeição" and "suspeita" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspeição vs suspeitar". 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 #23,668 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.