Español homophones
sake/saque
"saque" (#5,155 written frequency) beats "sake" (#32,392) in this 2-word /ˈsake/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈsake/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "saque" leads at #5,155, with "sake" trailing at #32,392.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "sa" then splits - "sake" (4 letters) vs "saque" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across sake, saque: aes. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
sake
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory aeks · private k
saque
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVV
Inventory aeqsu · private qu
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "sake" when you mean: Bebida alcohólica producto de la fermentación del arroz, que es tradicional de Japón.
- Write "saque" when you mean: Acción o efecto de sacar (en sus diferentes acepciones).
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.