Which to use
“sacra” and “sauta” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,188
- “sacra” frequency rank
- #44,174
- “sauta” frequency rank
- 92362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sacra | sauta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de sacrer. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de sauter. |
Where the eye mixes sacra and sauta
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sacra (CVCCV) and sauta (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between sacra and sauta
A purely visual mix-up. sacra (\sa.kʁa\) and sauta (\so.ta\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sacra is recorded at frequency rank #48,188, classified as averb, pronounced \sa.kʁa\. sauta is at rank #44,174, tagged as averb, pronounced \so.ta\.
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 92362, this pair ranks #3,059 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sacra vs sauta
Shared letters: as. Private to "sacra": cr. Private to "sauta": tu.
"sacra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "sauta" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sacra" and "sauta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sacra" or "sauta" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sacra" and "sauta" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sacra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sauta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,059 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacra" and "sauta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sabri vs sacra". 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 #3,059 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.