Which to use
“sábado” and “salão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #880
- “sábado” frequency rank
- #2,751
- “salão” frequency rank
- 3631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sábado | salão |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | sala grande |
Where the eye mixes sábado and salão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sábado vs salão
A purely visual mix-up. sábado (/ˈsa.bɐ.dʊ/) and salão (/sɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3631, 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/. salão is at rank #2,751, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/.
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 3631, this pair ranks #71,475 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sábado vs salão
Shared letters: aos. Private to "sábado": bdá. Private to "salão": lã.
"sábado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "salão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sábado" and "salão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sábado" or "salão" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "salão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,475 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sábado" and "salão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salão vs soldo". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #71,475 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.