sakévssartTell them apart

Which to use

“saké” and “sart” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,653
“saké” frequency rank
#46,436
“sart” frequency rank
90089
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saké sart
Definition Vin de riz japonais, produit par fermentation comme la bière, titrant de 14° à 17°. Essart.

Where the eye mixes saké and sart

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. saké (CVCV) and sart (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
saké
4 ch
sart

Visual trap between saké and sart

A purely visual mix-up. saké (\sa.ke\) and sart (\saʁ\) 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 90089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saké is recorded at frequency rank #43,653, classified as anoun, pronounced \sa.ke\. sart is at rank #46,436, tagged as anoun, pronounced \saʁ\.

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 90089, this pair ranks #5,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of saké vs sart

Shared letters: as. Private to "saké": ké. Private to "sart": rt.

"saké" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sart ← asrt · sarrt · sartt · srat · ssart

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "saké" and "sart" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\sa.ke\ versus \saʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "saké" vs "sart" - which ranks higher?
"saké" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,653 in our French list, against #46,436 for "sart". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saké" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saké" and "sart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sabri vs sart". 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 #5,167 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list