sade vs saída, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“sade” and “saída” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,105
“sade” frequency rank: #1,201
“saída” frequency rank: 49306
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	sade	saída
Definition	chuva	ação de sair

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set sade and saída apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

sade

5 ch

saída

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

sade and saída are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sade is recorded at frequency rank #48,105, classified as anoun. saída is at rank #1,201, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sɐ.ˈi.dɐ/.

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 49306, this pair ranks #15,727 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sade vs saída

Shared letters: ads. Private to "sade": e. Private to "saída": í.

"sade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "saída" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

sade ← asde · sadde · saed · sdae · ssade

Frequency comparison

sade#48,105

saída#1,201

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sade" and "saída" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "sade" or "saída"?

"saída" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,201 in our Portuguese list, against #48,105 for "sade". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering sade vs saída

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “sade” entry
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