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 |
Letter map: sacro vs seção
Shared letters muted; letters that set sacro and seção apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sacro (CVCCV) and seção (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - sacro and seção
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sacro" and "seção" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sacro" or "seção" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "sacro" and "seção". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "sacro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,258 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacro" and "seção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacred vs sacro". 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 #20,258 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.