sacadovssudadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#4,461
“sacado” frequency rank
#48,712
“sudado” frequency rank
53173
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacado sudado
Definition Participio de sacar. Participio de sudar.

Where the eye mixes sacado and sudado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sacado and sudado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
sacado
6 ch
sudado

Look-alike desk: sacado vs sudado

A purely visual mix-up. sacado ([saˈkað̞o]) and sudado ([suˈð̞að̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sacado is recorded at frequency rank #4,461, classified as averb, pronounced [saˈkað̞o]. sudado is at rank #48,712, tagged as averb, pronounced [suˈð̞að̞o].

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 53173, this pair ranks #89,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sacado vs sudado

Shared letters: ados. Private to "sacado": c. Private to "sudado": u.

"sacado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "sudado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacado ← ascado · saacdo · sacaddo · sacaod · saccado · sacdao · scaado · ssacado
  • sudado ← sduado · ssudado · suaddo · sudaddo · sudaod · suddado · suddao · usdado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sacado" for "sudado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([saˈkað̞o] versus [suˈð̞að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sacado" vs "sudado" - which ranks higher?
"sacado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,461 in our Spanish list, against #48,712 for "sudado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sacado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sudado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #89,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacado" and "sudado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sudado vs sumada". 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 #89,161 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