sutiãvssutilWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sutiã is a noun, sutil is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sutiã” is a noun and “sutil” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,780
“sutiã” frequency rank
#11,356
“sutil” frequency rank
24136
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sutiã sutil
Definition peça do vestuário feminino que serve para dar suporte, modelar ou cobrir os seios subtil

Letter map: sutiã vs sutil

Shared letters muted; letters that set sutiã and sutil apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. sutiã (CVCVV) and sutil (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
sutiã
5 ch
sutil

Role in the sentence - sutiã and sutil

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sutiã is anoun and sutilanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - ã in “sutiã” becomes l in “sutil”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sutiã is recorded at frequency rank #12,780, classified as anoun, pronounced /su.tʃi.ˈɐ̃/, /su.ˈt͡ʃjɐ̃/. sutil is at rank #11,356, tagged as anadj.

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 24136, this pair ranks #45,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sutiã vs sutil

Shared letters: istu. Private to "sutiã": ã. Private to "sutil": l.

"sutiã" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "sutil" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sutil ← ssutil · stuil · suitl · sutill · sutli · suttil · ustil

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sutiã" and "sutil" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sutiã" is a noun and "sutil" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sutiã" or "sutil" show up more?
"sutil" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,356 in our Portuguese list, against #12,780 for "sutiã". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "sutiã" and "sutil". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sutiã" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sutil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sutiã" and "sutil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sutiã 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 #45,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list