saborvssacarWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: sabor is a noun, sacar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sabor” is a noun and “sacar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,595
“sabor” frequency rank
#13,172
“sacar” frequency rank
17767
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sabor sacar
Definition sensação gustativa pôr algo para fora do lugar onde estava originalmente

Letter map: sabor vs sacar

Shared letters muted; letters that set sabor and sacar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sabor and sacar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
sabor
5 ch
sacar

Grammar separator: sabor vs sacar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sabor is anoun and sacaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sabor is recorded at frequency rank #4,595, classified as anoun, pronounced /sɐ.ˈboɾ/. sacar is at rank #13,172, tagged as averb.

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 17767, this pair ranks #53,394 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sabor vs sacar

Shared letters: ars. Private to "sabor": bo. Private to "sacar": c.

"sabor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "sacar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sabor ← asbor · sabbor · saborr · sabro · saobr · sbaor · ssabor
  • sacar ← ascar · saacr · sacarr · saccar · sacra · scaar · ssacar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sabor" and "sacar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sabor" is a noun and "sacar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sabor" or "sacar"?
"sabor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,595 in our Portuguese list, against #13,172 for "sacar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sabor" and "sacar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sabor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sacar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,394 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sabor" and "sacar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacar 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 #53,394 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