sacro vs seção, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“sacro” is an adjective and “seção” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,664
“sacro” frequency rank: #2,496
“seção” frequency rank: 45160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	sacro	seção
Definition	sagrado, qualificativo dado a aquilo que tem relação com o divino, a aquilo que se tem em mui alta estima	subdivisão de um capítulo, obra, tratado ou estudo

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set sacro and seção apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

sacro

5 ch

seção

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sacro is anadjective and seçãoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sacro is recorded at frequency rank #42,664, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈsa.kɾu/. seção is at rank #2,496, tagged as anoun.

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 45160, this pair ranks #20,258 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sacro vs seção

Shared letters: os. Private to "sacro": acr. Private to "seção": eãç.

"sacro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "seção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

sacro ← ascro · saccro · sacor · sacrro · sarco · scaro · ssacro

Frequency comparison

sacro#42,664

seção#2,496

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sacro" and "seção" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sacro" is an adjective and "seção" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "sacro" or "seção"?

"seção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,496 in our Portuguese list, against #42,664 for "sacro". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering sacro vs seção

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “sacro”; for a noun, it's “seção”.
See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “sacro” entry
Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable