sacarvssamaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#13,172
“sacar” frequency rank
#28,025
“sama” frequency rank
41197
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacar sama
Definition pôr algo para fora do lugar onde estava originalmente forma nominativo feminino singular do pronome sám

Letter map: sacar vs sama

Shared letters muted; letters that set sacar and sama apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
sacar
4 ch
sama

Grammar separator: sacar vs sama

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sacar is averb and samaapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sacar is recorded at frequency rank #13,172, classified as averb. sama is at rank #28,025, tagged as apron.

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 41197, this pair ranks #24,768 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sacar vs sama

Shared letters: as. Private to "sacar": cr. Private to "sama": m.

"sacar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "sama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacarascar · saacr · sacarr · saccar · sacra · scaar · ssacar
  • samasaam · samma · smaa · ssama

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sacar" and "sama" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sacar" is a verb and "sama" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sacar" or "sama" show up more?
"sacar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,172 in our Portuguese list, against #28,025 for "sama". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "sacar" and "sama". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sacar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sama" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,768 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacar" and "sama" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sama vs Sau". 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 #24,768 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