Which to use
“sacar” is a verb and “sanção” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,172
- “sacar” frequency rank
- #16,876
- “sanção” frequency rank
- 30048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sacar | sanção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pôr algo para fora do lugar onde estava originalmente | ato de sancionar uma lei; aprovação, pelo presidente, de uma lei votada no legislativo |
Letter map: sacar vs sanção
Shared letters muted; letters that set sacar and sanção apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sacar runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against sanção's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - sacar and sanção
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sacar is averb and sançãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sacar is recorded at frequency rank #13,172, classified as averb. sanção is at rank #16,876, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 30048, this pair ranks #38,415 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sacar vs sanção
Shared letters: as. Private to "sacar": cr. Private to "sanção": noãç.
"sacar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "sanção" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sacar ← ascar · saacr · sacarr · saccar · sacra · scaar · ssacar
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "sacar" vs "sanção" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sacar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sanção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,415 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacar" and "sanção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacro vs sanção". 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 #38,415 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.