saquevssaveConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#12,144
“saque” frequency rank
#12,556
“save” frequency rank
24700
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saque save
Definition ato ou efeito de sacar 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: saque vs save

Shared letters muted; letters that set saque and save apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
saque
4 ch
save

Pair insight - saque / save

saque 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saque is recorded at frequency rank #12,144, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsa.kɨ/. 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 24700, this pair ranks #44,849 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of saque vs save

Shared letters: aes. Private to "saque": qu. Private to "save": v.

"saque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "save" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saqueasque · saqeu · saqque · sauqe · sqaue · ssaque
  • saveasve · saev · savve · ssave · svae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "saque" and "save" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "saque" vs "save" - which ranks higher?
"saque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,144 in our Portuguese list, against #12,556 for "save". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "saque" 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 #44,849 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saque" 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 #44,849 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