Which to use
“sábio” is an adjective and “sódio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,398
- “sábio” frequency rank
- #10,278
- “sódio” frequency rank
- 18676
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sábio | sódio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem o poder de discernimento e julgamento em relação ao que é justo e verdadeiro | elemento químico de símbolo Na, possui o número atômico 11 e massa atômica relativa de 22.989; é um metal alcalino, sólido na temperatura ambiente, com coloração branco prateado; é encontrado em grande quantidade na forma de cloreto de sódio (sal) nas águas marinhas; é a principal matéria-prima para obtenção de outros sais |
Letter map: sábio vs sódio
Shared letters muted; letters that set sábio and sódio apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sábio and sódio follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for sábio / sódio
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sábio is anadjective and sódioanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18676, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sábio is recorded at frequency rank #8,398, classified as anadj. sódio is at rank #10,278, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɔdju/.
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 18676, this pair ranks #52,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sábio vs sódio
Shared letters: ios. Private to "sábio": bá. Private to "sódio": dó.
"sábio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "sódio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "sábio" vs "sódio" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "sábio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sódio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sábio" and "sódio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sódio vs soir". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.