Which to use
“sardina” and “sarna” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,394
- “sardina” frequency rank
- #35,746
- “sarna” frequency rank
- 65140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sardina | sarna |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cualquiera de numerosas especies de peces de la familia de los clupeidos, abundantes en todo el mundo, muy apreciados en gastronomía; la especie a la que originalmente se aplicó el término es Sardina pilchardus, pero el nombre no se corresponde exactamente con ninguna taxonomía científica. | Enfermedad de la piel causada por el arador (Sarcoptes scabiei), un ácaro parásito, que penetra y progresa bajo la piel produciendo hinchazones y comezón. |
Where the eye mixes sardina and sarna
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sardina runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against sarna's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sardina vs sarna
A purely visual mix-up. sardina ([saɾˈð̞ina]) and sarna ([ˈsaɾna]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sardina is recorded at frequency rank #29,394, classified as anoun, pronounced [saɾˈð̞ina]. sarna is at rank #35,746, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsaɾna].
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 65140, this pair ranks #43,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sardina vs sarna
Shared letters: anrs. Private to "sardina": di. Private to "sarna": -.
"sardina" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "sarna" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sardina" for "sarna" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sardina" or "sarna" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sardina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sarna" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sardina" and "sarna" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sarna vs Syria". 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 #43,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.