sábiovssairConfusable pair

Quick tell: sábio is a adjective, sair is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sábio” is an adjective and “sair” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,398
“sábio” frequency rank
#290
“sair” frequency rank
8688
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sábio sair
Definition que tem o poder de discernimento e julgamento em relação ao que é justo e verdadeiro passar de dentro para fora; deixar

Letter map: sábio vs sair

Shared letters muted; letters that set sábio and sair apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sábio runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against sair's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
sábio
4 ch
sair

Grammar separator: sábio vs sair

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sábio is anadjective and sairaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sábio is recorded at frequency rank #8,398, classified as anadj. sair is at rank #290, tagged as averb, pronounced /sɐ.ˈiɾ/.

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 8688, this pair ranks #64,993 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sábio vs sair

Shared letters: is. Private to "sábio": boá. Private to "sair": ar.

"sábio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "sair" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sair ← asir · sairr · sari · siar · ssair

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sábio" for "sair" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sábio" is an adjective and "sair" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sábio" or "sair"?
"sair" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #290 in our Portuguese list, against #8,398 for "sábio". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "sábio" vs "sair" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sábio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sair" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,993 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sábio" and "sair" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sábio vs sacro". 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 #64,993 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list