sacadavssavanaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#18,183
“sacada” frequency rank
#22,793
“savana” frequency rank
40976
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacada savana
Definition saliência que excede a linha da parede de um edifício formação vegetal característica das regiões tropicais onde é longa a estação seca, em que predominam plantas rizomatosas de tamanho grande e outras árvores e arbustos esparsos

Where the eye mixes sacada and savana

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sacada and savana 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
savana

Look-alike desk: sacada vs savana

A purely visual mix-up. sacada (/sɐ.ˈka.dɐ/) and savana (/sɐ.ˈvɐ.nɐ/) 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 40976, 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/. savana is at rank #22,793, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sɐ.ˈvɐ.nɐ/.

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 40976, this pair ranks #25,042 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sacada vs savana

Shared letters: as. Private to "sacada": cd. Private to "savana": nv.

"sacada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "savana" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacada ← ascada · saacda · sacaad · sacadda · saccada · sacdaa · scaada · ssacada
  • savana ← asvana · saavna · savaan · savanna · savnaa · savvana · ssavana · svaana

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sacada" and "savana" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/sɐ.ˈka.dɐ/ versus /sɐ.ˈvɐ.nɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sacada" vs "savana" - which ranks higher?
"sacada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,183 in our Portuguese list, against #22,793 for "savana". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sacada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "savana" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,042 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacada" and "savana" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sarna vs savana". 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 #25,042 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