saído vs sair, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“saído” is an adjective and “sair” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,237
“saído” frequency rank: #290
“sair” frequency rank: 6527
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	saído	sair
Definition	que se comporta desinibidamente e/ou atrevidamente	passar de dentro para fora; deixar

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set saído and sair apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

saído

4 ch

sair

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: saído is /sɐ.ˈi.du/ while sair is /sɐ.ˈiɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6527, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saído is recorded at frequency rank #6,237, classified as anadj, pronounced /sɐ.ˈi.du/. sair is at rank #290, tagged as averb, pronounced /sɐ.ˈiɾ/.

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 6527, this pair ranks #67,885 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of saído vs sair

Shared letters: as. Private to "saído": doí. Private to "sair": ir.

"saído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "sair" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

sair ← asir · sairr · sari · siar · ssair

Frequency comparison

saído#6,237

sair#290

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "saído" and "sair" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saído" is an adjective and "sair" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "saído" or "sair"?

"sair" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #290 in our Portuguese list, against #6,237 for "saído". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering saído vs sair

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “saído”; for a verb, it's “sair”.
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