Which to use
“sábado” is a noun and “suado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #880
- “sábado” frequency rank
- #23,137
- “suado” frequency rank
- 24017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sábado | suado |
|---|---|---|
| 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 está suando |
Where the eye mixes sábado and suado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sábado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against suado's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sábado and suado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sábado is /ˈsa.bɐ.dʊ/ while suado is /ˈswa.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 24017, 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/. suado is at rank #23,137, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈswa.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 24017, this pair ranks #45,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sábado vs suado
Shared letters: ados. Private to "sábado": bá. Private to "suado": u.
"sábado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "suado" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- suado ← saudo · ssuado · suaddo · suaod · sudao
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sábado" and "suado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sábado" or "suado"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sábado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sábado" and "suado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suado vs sueño". 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 #45,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.