soltó

/[sol̪ˈt̪o]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,457

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

soltó is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de soltar. Pronounced [sol̪ˈt̪o]. Often confused with sto and soto.

Key facts for soltó
PropertyValue
Headwordsoltó
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sol̪ˈt̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,457
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of soltó in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for soltó is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sol̪ˈt̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,457 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de soltar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for soltó, with forms such as "osltó", "slotó", and "solltó". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sto", "soto", "sonó", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is soltó, spelled S-O-L-T-Ó, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de soltar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osltó,slotó,solltó,solttó,solót,sotló,ssoltó

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for soltó

Misspelling Variants of "soltó"

osltó5slotó5solltó6solttó6solót5sotló5ssoltó6
Misspelling Variants of "soltó"

Frequency rank: #16,457 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soltó"?
"soltó" is spelled S-O-L-T-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is [sol̪ˈt̪o].
What does "soltó" mean?
As a verb, "soltó" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de soltar.
What words are commonly confused with "soltó"?
"soltó" is commonly confused with "sto", "soto", "sonó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soltó"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soltó" is [sol̪ˈt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soltó" come from?
"soltó" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.