shade vs space, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#35,345
“shade” frequency rank: #13,845
“space” frequency rank: 49190
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	shade	space
Definition	sombra	espaço

Letter map: shade vs space

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

5 ch

shade

5 ch

space

Corpus notes: shade and space

shade and space 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 49190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

shade is recorded at frequency rank #35,345, classified as anoun. space is at rank #13,845, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈspeɪs/.

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 49190, this pair ranks #15,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of shade vs space

Shared letters: aes. Private to "shade": dh. Private to "space": cp.

"shade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "space" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

shade ← hsade · sahde · shadde · shaed · shdae · shhade · sshade
space ← psace · sapce · spacce · spaec · spcae · sppace · sspace

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "shade" and "space" be used interchangeably?

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.

Frequency check: "shade" vs "space" - which ranks higher?

"space" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,845 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.

After this comparison

Pair "shade" vs "space" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "shade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "space" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #15,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"shade" and "space" 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 #15,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.