Which to use
“sale” is a noun and “says” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,024
- “sale” frequency rank
- #31,967
- “says” frequency rank
- 59991
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sale | says |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ver liquidação | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo say: |
Letter map: sale vs says
Shared letters muted; letters that set sale and says apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sale (CVCV) and says (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - sale and says
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sale is anoun and saysaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sale is recorded at frequency rank #28,024, classified as anoun. says is at rank #31,967, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈsɛz/.
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 59991, this pair ranks #7,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sale vs says
Shared letters: as. Private to "sale": el. Private to "says": y.
"sale" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "says" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sale" and "says" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sale" vs "says" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sale" and "says".
- Full dictionary entry for "sale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "says" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sale" and "says" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs says". 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 #7,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.