sacavssaiuWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#15,678
“saca” frequency rank
#1,035
“saiu” frequency rank
16713
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saca saiu
Definition ato de sacar Terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo sair.

Letter map: saca vs saiu

Shared letters muted; letters that set saca and saiu apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
saca
4 ch
saiu

Part-of-speech tell for saca / saiu

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: saca is anoun and saiuaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16713, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saca is recorded at frequency rank #15,678, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsa.kɐ/. saiu is at rank #1,035, 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 16713, this pair ranks #54,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of saca vs saiu

Shared letters: as. Private to "saca": c. Private to "saiu": iu.

"saca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "saiu" · 4 letters · shape CVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacaasca · saac · sacca · scaa · ssaca
  • saiuasiu · saui · siau · ssaiu

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "saca" and "saiu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saca" is a noun and "saiu" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "saca" or "saiu"?
"saiu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,035 in our Portuguese list, against #15,678 for "saca". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "saca" and "saiu".

  • Full dictionary entry for "saca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "saiu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saca" and "saiu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saca vs Sau". 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 #54,751 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