Which to use
“sábado” is a noun and “saído” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #880
- “sábado” frequency rank
- #6,237
- “saído” frequency rank
- 7117
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sábado | saído |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sexto dia da semana pela norma ISO 8601, posterior à sexta-feira e anterior ao domingo; por fundamentação bíblica e etimológica, é considerado o último dia da semana | que se comporta desinibidamente e/ou atrevidamente |
Where the eye mixes sábado and saído
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between sábado and saído
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sábado is /ˈsa.bɐ.dʊ/ while saído is /sɐ.ˈi.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sábado is recorded at frequency rank #880, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsa.bɐ.dʊ/. saído is at rank #6,237, tagged as anadj, pronounced /sɐ.ˈi.du/.
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 7117, this pair ranks #67,107 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sábado vs saído
Shared letters: ados. Private to "sábado": bá. Private to "saído": í.
"sábado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "saído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sábado" and "saído" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sábado" or "saído" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sábado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "saído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,107 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sábado" and "saído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sade vs saído". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #67,107 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.