# sado vs said

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### sado
*noun · IPA \sa.do\ · frequency rank #38,036*
Personne sadique.

### said
*verb · IPA \ˈsɛd\ · frequency rank #17,556*
Prétérit et participe passé de say.

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