sacadavssacolaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“sacada” and “sacola” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,183
“sacada” frequency rank
#12,977
“sacola” frequency rank
31160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacada sacola
Definition saliência que excede a linha da parede de um edifício saco de dois alforjes ou fundos que frades mendicantes usam para recolher as dádivas e que ainda hoje usam os pedintes para levar as esmolas

Where the eye mixes sacada and sacola

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sacada and sacola follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
sacada
6 ch
sacola

Look-alike desk: sacada vs sacola

A purely visual mix-up. sacada (/sɐ.ˈka.dɐ/) and sacola (/sɐ.ˈkɔ.lɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31160, 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/. sacola is at rank #12,977, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sɐ.ˈkɔ.lɐ/.

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 31160, this pair ranks #37,013 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sacada vs sacola

Shared letters: acs. Private to "sacada": d. Private to "sacola": lo.

"sacada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "sacola" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacada ← ascada · saacda · sacaad · sacadda · saccada · sacdaa · scaada · ssacada
  • sacola ← ascola · saccola · sacloa · sacoal · sacolla · saocla · scaola · ssacola

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sacada" and "sacola" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/sɐ.ˈka.dɐ/ versus /sɐ.ˈkɔ.lɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sacada" or "sacola"?
"sacola" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,977 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "sacada" and "sacola" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sacada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sacola" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,013 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacada" and "sacola" 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 #37,013 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