Which to use
“suspeição” and “suspensão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,040
- “suspeição” frequency rank
- #4,185
- “suspensão” frequency rank
- 42225
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suspeição | suspensão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o mesmo que suspeita; desconfiança. | ato ou efeito de suspender(-se) |
Letter map: suspeição vs suspensão
Shared letters muted; letters that set suspeição and suspensão apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. suspeição (CVCCVVCVV) and suspensão (CVCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Spelling & dictionary notes on suspeição vs suspensão
suspeição and suspensão 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suspeição is recorded at frequency rank #38,040, classified as anoun. suspensão is at rank #4,185, tagged as anoun, pronounced /suʃ.pẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 42225, this pair ranks #23,589 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suspeição vs suspensão
Shared letters: eopsuã. Private to "suspeição": iç. Private to "suspensão": n.
"suspeição" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVV · "suspensão" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "suspeição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suspensão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,589 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suspeição" and "suspensão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspeição vs suspeitar". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #23,589 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.