Which to use
“sacada” is a participle and “sácate” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,282
- “sacada” frequency rank
- #48,102
- “sácate” frequency rank
- 65384
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sacada | sácate |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de sacado, participio de sacar. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de sacarse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico). |
Where the eye mixes sacada and sácate
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sacada vs sácate
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sacada is [saˈkað̞a] while sácate is [ˈsakat̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sacada is recorded at frequency rank #17,282, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [saˈkað̞a]. sácate is at rank #48,102, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈsakat̪e].
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 65384, this pair ranks #42,781 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sacada vs sácate
Shared letters: acs. Private to "sacada": d. Private to "sácate": etá.
"sacada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "sácate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sacada ← ascada · saacda · sacaad · sacadda · saccada · sacdaa · scaada · ssacada
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sacada" for "sácate" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sacada" or "sácate" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "sacada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sácate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,781 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacada" and "sácate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sácate vs salté". 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 #42,781 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.