# sad vs so

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### so
*adverb · IPA [so] · frequency rank #3,151*
Intensifica las cualidades, normalmente negativas, del sustantivo o adjetivo al que modifica.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/sad-vs-so