saradovssaturadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#42,208
“sarado” frequency rank
#36,647
“saturado” frequency rank
78855
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sarado saturado
Definition que se sarou, curou. que tem dissolto em si a maior quantidade dum produto, de sal por exemplo

Where the eye mixes sarado and saturado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sarado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against saturado's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
sarado
8 ch
saturado

Visual trap between sarado and saturado

A purely visual mix-up. sarado (/sa.ˈɾa.dʊ/) and saturado (/sɐ.tu.ˈɾa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sarado is recorded at frequency rank #42,208, classified as anadj, pronounced /sa.ˈɾa.dʊ/. saturado is at rank #36,647, tagged as anadj, pronounced /sɐ.tu.ˈɾa.du/.

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 78855, this pair ranks #1,593 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sarado vs saturado

Shared letters: adors. Private to "sarado": -. Private to "saturado": tu.

"sarado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "saturado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sarado ← asrado · saardo · saraddo · saraod · sardao · sarrado · sraado · ssarado
  • saturado ← asturado · satruado · satturado · satuardo · saturaddo · saturaod · saturdao · saturrado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sarado" for "saturado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/sa.ˈɾa.dʊ/ versus /sɐ.tu.ˈɾa.du/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sarado" vs "saturado" - which ranks higher?
"saturado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,647 in our Portuguese list, against #42,208 for "sarado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sarado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "saturado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,593 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sarado" and "saturado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salvado vs sarado". 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 #1,593 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