Which to use
“sábado” is a noun and “sagrado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,427
- “sábado” frequency rank
- #4,938
- “sagrado” frequency rank
- 6365
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sábado | sagrado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sexto día de la semana. | Que es venerado por su relación con lo divino, la divinidad o su culto. |
Where the eye mixes sábado and sagrado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sábado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against sagrado's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sábado vs sagrado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sábado is [ˈsaβ̞að̞o] while sagrado is [saˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sábado is recorded at frequency rank #1,427, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsaβ̞að̞o]. sagrado is at rank #4,938, tagged as anadj, pronounced [saˈɣ̞ɾað̞o].
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 6365, this pair ranks #310,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sábado vs sagrado
Shared letters: ados. Private to "sábado": bá. Private to "sagrado": gr.
"sábado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "sagrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sagrado ← asgrado · sagardo · saggrado · sagraddo · sagraod · sagrdao · sagrrado · sargado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sábado" for "sagrado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sábado" vs "sagrado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sábado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sagrado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sábado" and "sagrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sábado vs sudado". 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 #310,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.