sacadavssacarTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#18,183
“sacada” frequency rank
#13,172
“sacar” frequency rank
31355
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacada sacar
Definition saliência que excede a linha da parede de um edifício pôr algo para fora do lugar onde estava originalmente

Letter map: sacada vs sacar

Shared letters muted; letters that set sacada and sacar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. sacada runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against sacar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
sacada
5 ch
sacar

Role in the sentence - sacada and sacar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sacada is anoun and sacaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sacada is recorded at frequency rank #18,183, classified as anoun, pronounced /sɐ.ˈka.dɐ/. 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 31355, this pair ranks #36,766 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sacada vs sacar

Shared letters: acs. Private to "sacada": d. Private to "sacar": r.

"sacada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "sacar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacada ← ascada · saacda · sacaad · sacadda · saccada · sacdaa · scaada · ssacada
  • sacar ← ascar · saacr · sacarr · saccar · sacra · scaar · ssacar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sacada" and "sacar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sacada" is a noun and "sacar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sacada" vs "sacar" - which ranks higher?
"sacar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,172 in our Portuguese list, against #18,183 for "sacada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "sacada" vs "sacar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sacada" 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 #36,766 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacada" and "sacar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacada vs sarado". 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 #36,766 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