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“sacaban” and “sacará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,805
“sacaban” frequency rank
#22,857
“sacará” frequency rank
48662
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacaban sacará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sacar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de sacar.

Where the eye mixes sacaban and sacará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sacaban runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against sacará's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
sacaban
6 ch
sacará

Why the eye confuses sacaban with sacará

A purely visual mix-up. sacaban ([saˈkaβ̞ãn]) and sacará ([sakaˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sacaban is recorded at frequency rank #25,805, classified as averb, pronounced [saˈkaβ̞ãn]. sacará is at rank #22,857, tagged as averb, pronounced [sakaˈɾa].

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 48662, this pair ranks #113,191 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sacaban vs sacará

Shared letters: acs. Private to "sacaban": bn. Private to "sacará": rá.

"sacaban" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "sacará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacaban ← ascaban · saacban · sacaabn · sacabann · sacabban · sacabna · sacavan · sacbaan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sacaban" and "sacará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([saˈkaβ̞ãn] versus [sakaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sacaban" or "sacará"?
"sacará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,857 in our Spanish list, against #25,805 for "sacaban". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "sacaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sacará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #113,191 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacaban" and "sacará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacará vs sácate". 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 #113,191 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list