sadevsseteTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#48,105
“sade” frequency rank
#858
“sete” frequency rank
48963
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sade sete
Definition chuva cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha sete elementos distintos; número equivalente a seis mais um, representado pelo símbolo 7 em algarismos arábicos ou VII/vii em algarismos romanos

Letter map: sade vs sete

Shared letters muted; letters that set sade and sete apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
sade
4 ch
sete

Role in the sentence - sade and sete

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sade is anoun and seteanum. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sade is recorded at frequency rank #48,105, classified as anoun. sete is at rank #858, tagged as anum, pronounced /ˈsɛ.tʃi/, /ˈsɛ.ti/.

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 48963, this pair ranks #16,143 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sade vs sete

Shared letters: es. Private to "sade": ad. Private to "sete": t.

"sade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sete" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sadeasde · sadde · saed · sdae · ssade
  • seteseet · sette · ssete · stee

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sade" and "sete" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sade" is a noun and "sete" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sade" vs "sete" - which ranks higher?
"sete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #858 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sade" and "sete".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,143 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sade" and "sete" 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 #16,143 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