# sad vs sage

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### sad
*adjective · IPA /sæd/ · frequency rank #18,972*
Triste, amarrido.

### sage
*adjective · IPA [saʒ] · frequency rank #42,140*
Sabio, sensato, juicioso, prudente, acertado.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/sad-vs-sage