sakévsSkyeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: saké is a noun, Skye is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“saké” is a noun and “Skye” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,653
“saké” frequency rank
#39,042
“Skye” frequency rank
82695
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: saké vs Skye

Shared letters muted; letters that set saké and Skye apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. saké (CVCV) and Skye (CCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
saké
4 ch
Skye

Grammar separator: saké vs Skye

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: saké is anoun and Skyeaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82695, 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\. Skye is at rank #39,042, tagged as aname.

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 82695, this pair ranks #16,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of saké vs Skye

Shared letters: ks. Private to "saké": aé. Private to "Skye": ey.

"saké" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Skye" · 4 letters · shape CCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Skye ← ksye · skey · skkye · skyye · sskye · syke

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "saké" and "Skye" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saké" is a noun and "Skye" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "saké" or "Skye" show up more?
"Skye" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,042 in our French list, against #43,653 for "saké". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "saké" and "Skye". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saké" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Skye" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saké" and "Skye" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saké vs stase". 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 #16,206 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