sadevssamaConfusable pair

Quick tell: sade is a noun, sama is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sade” is a noun and “sama” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,105
“sade” frequency rank
#28,025
“sama” frequency rank
76130
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sade sama
Definition chuva forma nominativo feminino singular do pronome sám

Letter map: sade vs sama

Shared letters muted; letters that set sade and sama apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sade and sama follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
sade
4 ch
sama

Grammar separator: sade vs sama

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sade is anoun and samaapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sade is recorded at frequency rank #48,105, classified as anoun. sama is at rank #28,025, tagged as apron.

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 76130, this pair ranks #2,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sade vs sama

Shared letters: as. Private to "sade": de. Private to "sama": m.

"sade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sade ← asde · sadde · saed · sdae · ssade
  • sama ← saam · samma · smaa · ssama

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sade" for "sama" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sade" is a noun and "sama" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sade" or "sama"?
"sama" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,025 in our Portuguese list, against #48,105 for "sade". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "sade" and "sama". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sama" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sade" and "sama" 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 #2,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list