savevsshadeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#12,556
“save” frequency rank
#35,345
“shade” frequency rank
47901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature save shade
Definition 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 sombra

Letter map: save vs shade

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

4 ch
save
5 ch
shade

Pair insight - save / shade

save and shade 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 47901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

save is recorded at frequency rank #12,556, classified as anoun. shade is at rank #35,345, 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 47901, this pair ranks #17,312 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of save vs shade

Shared letters: aes. Private to "save": v. Private to "shade": dh.

"save" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "shade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saveasve · saev · savve · ssave · svae
  • shadehsade · sahde · shadde · shaed · shdae · shhade · sshade

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "save" and "shade" be used interchangeably?
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: "save" vs "shade" - which ranks higher?
"save" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,556 in our Portuguese list, against #35,345 for "shade". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "save" and "shade".

  • Full dictionary entry for "save" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "shade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,312 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "save" and "shade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "shade vs shire". 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 #17,312 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