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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sacada" and "sacola" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sacada" or "sacola"?
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.