sadevsshareTell them apart

Which to use

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

#46,795
“sade” frequency rank
#23,231
“share” frequency rank
70026
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sade share
Definition Lluvia. Parte.

Where the eye mixes sade and share

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sade runs 4 letters (CVCV) against share's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
sade
5 ch
share

Visual trap between sade and share

A purely visual mix-up. sade ([ˈsɑde]) and share (/ʃɛə/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sade is recorded at frequency rank #46,795, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsɑde]. share is at rank #23,231, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʃɛə/.

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 70026, this pair ranks #30,626 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sade vs share

Shared letters: aes. Private to "sade": d. Private to "share": hr.

"sade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "share" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sade ← asde · sadde · saed · sdae · ssade
  • share ← hsare · sahre · shaer · sharre · shhare · shrae · sshare

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sade" and "share" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈsɑde] versus /ʃɛə/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sade" or "share" show up more?
"share" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,231 in our Spanish list, against #46,795 for "sade". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "share" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,626 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sade" and "share" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sade vs sari". 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 #30,626 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