Which to use
“sais” is a noun and “sie” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,150
- “sais” frequency rank
- #40,788
- “sie” frequency rank
- 51938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sais | sie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | substâncias voláteis dadas a uma pessoa desmaiada para fazer com que ela acorde | ela, pronome pessoal feminino do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do singular: |
Letter map: sais vs sie
Shared letters muted; letters that set sais and sie apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for sais / sie
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sais is anoun and sieapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sais is recorded at frequency rank #11,150, classified as anoun. sie is at rank #40,788, tagged as apron, pronounced /zi:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?).
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 51938, this pair ranks #13,172 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sais vs sie
Shared letters: is. Private to "sais": a. Private to "sie": e.
"sais" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "sie" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sais ← saiss · sasi · sias · ssais
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sais" and "sie" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sais" or "sie" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "sais" vs "sie" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,172 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sais" and "sie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs sie". 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 #13,172 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.