sutiãvssuturaTell them apart

Which to use

“sutiã” and “sutura” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,780
“sutiã” frequency rank
#41,740
“sutura” frequency rank
54520
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sutiã sutura
Definition peça do vestuário feminino que serve para dar suporte, modelar ou cobrir os seios tipo de ligação usada por médicos, em especial cirurgiões, para manter unidos pele, músculos, vasos sanguíneos e outros tecidos do corpo humano, após terem sido seccionados por um ferimento ou cirurgia

Letter map: sutiã vs sutura

Shared letters muted; letters that set sutiã and sutura apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sutiã runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against sutura's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
sutiã
6 ch
sutura

Corpus notes: sutiã and sutura

sutiã and sutura 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 54520, 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/. sutura is at rank #41,740, tagged as anoun.

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 54520, this pair ranks #11,201 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sutiã vs sutura

Shared letters: stu. Private to "sutiã": iã. Private to "sutura": ar.

"sutiã" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "sutura" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sutura ← ssutura · stuura · sutrua · suttura · sutuar · suturra · suutra · ustura

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sutiã" and "sutura" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "sutiã" vs "sutura" - which ranks higher?
"sutiã" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,780 in our Portuguese list, against #41,740 for "sutura". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sutiã" and "sutura".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sutiã" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sutura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,201 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sutiã" and "sutura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sátira 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 #11,201 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