Which to use
“suspensa” is an adjective and “suspensão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,268
- “suspensa” frequency rank
- #4,185
- “suspensão” frequency rank
- 13453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suspensa | suspensão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino de suspenso | ato ou efeito de suspender(-se) |
Letter map: suspensa vs suspensão
Shared letters muted; letters that set suspensa and suspensão apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. suspensa runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against suspensão's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for suspensa / suspensão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suspensa is anadjective and suspensãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suspensa is recorded at frequency rank #9,268, classified as anadj. 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 13453, this pair ranks #58,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suspensa vs suspensão
Shared letters: enpsu. Private to "suspensa": a. Private to "suspensão": oã.
"suspensa" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "suspensão" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- suspensa ← ssupensa · ssuspensa · supsensa · susepnsa · suspenas · suspennsa · suspenssa · suspesna
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suspensa" and "suspensão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "suspensa" or "suspensão"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "suspensa" and "suspensão".
- Full dictionary entry for "suspensa" 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 #58,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suspensa" and "suspensão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspeição vs suspensão". 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 #58,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.