sacadavssacraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sacada is a participle, sacra is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sacada” is a participle and “sacra” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,282
“sacada” frequency rank
#30,242
“sacra” frequency rank
47524
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacada sacra
Definition Forma del femenino de sacado, participio de sacar. Forma del femenino singular de sacro.

Where the eye mixes sacada and sacra

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
sacada
5 ch
sacra

Why the eye confuses sacada with sacra

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sacada is [saˈkað̞a] while sacra is [ˈsakɾa]. 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 (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47524, 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]. sacra is at rank #30,242, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈsakɾa].

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 47524, this pair ranks #119,560 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sacada vs sacra

Shared letters: acs. Private to "sacada": d. Private to "sacra": r.

"sacada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "sacra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacadaascada · saacda · sacaad · sacadda · saccada · sacdaa · scaada · ssacada
  • sacraascra · saccra · sacrra · sarca · scara · ssacra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sacada" and "sacra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sacada" is a participle and "sacra" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sacada" or "sacra"?
"sacada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,282 in our Spanish list, against #30,242 for "sacra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "sacada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sacra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #119,560 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacada" and "sacra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacra vs sarro". 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 #119,560 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