sacarvssaciarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#13,172
“sacar” frequency rank
#33,602
“saciar” frequency rank
46774
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacar saciar
Definition pôr algo para fora do lugar onde estava originalmente satisfazer (fome, sede, desejo sexual, etc)

Letter map: sacar vs saciar

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

5 ch
sacar
6 ch
saciar

Corpus notes: sacar and saciar

sacar and saciar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sacar is recorded at frequency rank #13,172, classified as averb. saciar is at rank #33,602, tagged as averb, pronounced /sɐ.ˈsjaɾ/.

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 46774, this pair ranks #18,542 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sacar vs saciar

Shared letters: acrs. Private to "sacar": -. Private to "saciar": i.

"sacar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "saciar" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacar ← ascar · saacr · sacarr · saccar · sacra · scaar · ssacar
  • saciar ← asciar · sacair · sacciar · saciarr · sacira · saicar · scaiar · ssaciar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sacar" and "saciar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "sacar" vs "saciar" - which ranks higher?
"sacar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,172 in our Portuguese list, against #33,602 for "saciar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sacar" and "saciar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sacar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "saciar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,542 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacar" and "saciar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saciar vs sanar". 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 #18,542 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