Which to use
“suspensa” is an adjective and “suspense” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,268
- “suspensa” frequency rank
- #10,619
- “suspense” frequency rank
- 19887
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suspensa | suspense |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino de suspenso | gênero da ficção que contém um pouco de mistério |
Letter map: suspensa vs suspense
Shared letters muted; letters that set suspensa and suspense apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Part-of-speech tell for suspensa / suspense
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suspensa is anadjective and suspenseanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “suspensa” becomes e in “suspense”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suspensa is recorded at frequency rank #9,268, classified as anadj. suspense is at rank #10,619, tagged as anoun, pronounced /suʃ.ˈpsɨ/.
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 19887, this pair ranks #50,746 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suspensa vs suspense
Shared letters: enpsu. Private to "suspensa": a. Private to "suspense": -.
"suspensa" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "suspense" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "suspensa" and "suspense" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "suspensa" or "suspense"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "suspensa" and "suspense".
- Full dictionary entry for "suspensa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suspense" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,746 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suspensa" and "suspense" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspender vs suspense". 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 #50,746 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.