Which to use
“sagrado” and “saturado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,429
- “sagrado” frequency rank
- #36,647
- “saturado” frequency rank
- 41076
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sagrado | saturado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se sagrou | que tem dissolto em si a maior quantidade dum produto, de sal por exemplo |
Where the eye mixes sagrado and saturado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sagrado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against saturado's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sagrado and saturado
A purely visual mix-up. sagrado (/sɐ.ˈɡɾa.du/) and saturado (/sɐ.tu.ˈɾa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sagrado is recorded at frequency rank #4,429, classified as anadj, pronounced /sɐ.ˈɡɾa.du/. saturado is at rank #36,647, tagged as anadj, pronounced /sɐ.tu.ˈɾa.du/.
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 41076, this pair ranks #24,928 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sagrado vs saturado
Shared letters: adors. Private to "sagrado": g. Private to "saturado": tu.
"sagrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "saturado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sagrado" and "saturado" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sagrado" or "saturado" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sagrado" and "saturado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sagrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "saturado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,928 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sagrado" and "saturado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sarado vs saturado". 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 #24,928 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.