# said vs says

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### said
*adjective · IPA /sɛd/ · frequency rank #13,173*
mencionado, citado

### says
*verb · IPA /ˈsɛz/ · frequency rank #31,967*
terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo say:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/said-vs-says