Which to use
“sagrado” and “sobrado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,429
- “sagrado” frequency rank
- #19,848
- “sobrado” frequency rank
- 24277
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sagrado | sobrado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se sagrou | que sobrou |
Where the eye mixes sagrado and sobrado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sagrado and sobrado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: sagrado vs sobrado
A purely visual mix-up. sagrado (/sɐ.ˈɡɾa.du/) and sobrado (/so.ˈbɾa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24277, 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/. sobrado is at rank #19,848, tagged as anadj, pronounced /so.ˈbɾa.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 24277, this pair ranks #45,383 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sagrado vs sobrado
Shared letters: adors. Private to "sagrado": g. Private to "sobrado": b.
"sagrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "sobrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sagrado" and "sobrado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sagrado" vs "sobrado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sagrado" and "sobrado" 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 "sobrado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,383 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sagrado" and "sobrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sarado vs sobrado". 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 #45,383 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.