# sage vs sap

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sage
*adjective · IPA /seɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #9,247*
Wise.

### sap
*noun · IPA /sæp/ · frequency rank #13,054*
The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sage-vs-sap