salavssaveWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“sala” and “save” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#636
“sala” frequency rank
#12,556
“save” frequency rank
13192
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sala save
Definition compartimento principal de uma casa conjunto de dados que grava o avanço do videojogador num videojogo e que é empregado para retornar para etapa até então alcançada dentro de videojogo

Letter map: sala vs save

Shared letters muted; letters that set sala and save apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
sala
4 ch
save

Corpus notes: sala and save

sala and save are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13192, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sala is recorded at frequency rank #636, classified as anoun, pronounced /"sa.l@/. save is at rank #12,556, tagged as anoun.

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 13192, this pair ranks #59,238 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sala vs save

Shared letters: as. Private to "sala": l. Private to "save": ev.

"sala" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "save" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • salaasla · saal · salla · slaa · ssala
  • saveasve · saev · savve · ssave · svae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sala" and "save" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sala" or "save" show up more?
"sala" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #636 in our Portuguese list, against #12,556 for "save". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "sala" and "save". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sala" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "save" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,238 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sala" and "save" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs save". 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 #59,238 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list