sadevssiteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#48,105
“sade” frequency rank
#301
“site” frequency rank
48406
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sade site
Definition chuva ver saite, sítio

Letter map: sade vs site

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

4 ch
sade
4 ch
site

Spelling & dictionary notes on sade vs site

sade and site 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sade is recorded at frequency rank #48,105, classified as anoun. site is at rank #301, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsaj.ʧi/.

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 48406, this pair ranks #16,766 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sade vs site

Shared letters: es. Private to "sade": ad. Private to "site": it.

"sade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sadeasde · sadde · saed · sdae · ssade
  • siteiste · siet · sitte · ssite · stie

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sade" for "site" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "sade" vs "site" - which ranks higher?
"site" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #301 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "site" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,766 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sade" and "site" 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 #16,766 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