sacasvssácateWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sacas is a noun, sácate is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sacas” is a noun and “sácate” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,200
“sacas” frequency rank
#48,102
“sácate” frequency rank
57302
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacas sácate
Definition Juego parecido al de los cantillos, que se juega con 12 tabas de carnero y una bolita de cristal. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de sacarse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico).

Where the eye mixes sacas and sácate

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sacas runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against sácate's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
sacas
6 ch
sácate

Look-alike desk: sacas vs sácate

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sacas is [ˈsakas] while sácate is [ˈsakat̪e]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sacas is recorded at frequency rank #9,200, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsakas]. 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 57302, this pair ranks #71,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sacas vs sácate

Shared letters: acs. Private to "sacas": -. Private to "sácate": etá.

"sacas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "sácate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacas ← ascas · saacs · sacass · saccas · sacsa · scaas · ssacas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sacas" and "sácate" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sacas" is a noun and "sácate" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sacas" or "sácate"?
"sacas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,200 in our Spanish list, against #48,102 for "sácate". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sacas" 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 #71,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacas" 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 #71,039 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