Which to use
“sad” is an adjective and “sade” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,385
- “sad” frequency rank
- #48,105
- “sade” frequency rank
- 61490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sad | sade |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | triste | chuva |
Letter map: sad vs sade
Shared letters muted; letters that set sad and sade apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sad runs 3 letters (CVC) against sade's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for sad / sade
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sad is anadjective and sadeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sad” sits inside “sade”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sad is recorded at frequency rank #13,385, classified as anadj, pronounced /sæd/. sade is at rank #48,105, 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 61490, this pair ranks #7,115 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sad vs sade
Shared letters: ads. Private to "sad": -. Private to "sade": e.
"sad" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "sade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sade ← asde · sadde · saed · sdae · ssade
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sad" and "sade" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sad" or "sade" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "sad" and "sade". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "sad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,115 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sad" and "sade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sade 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 #7,115 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.