sueldo

/[ˈswel̪d̪o]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,152

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sueldo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Remuneración asignada a un individuo por el desempeño de un cargo o servicio profesional. Pronounced [ˈswel̪d̪o]. It ranks #3,152 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with suelo and sueño.

Key facts for sueldo
PropertyValue
Headwordsueldo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈswel̪d̪o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,152
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sueldo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈswel̪d̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,152 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for sueldo, with forms such as "seuldo", "ssueldo", and "suedlo". 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, "suelo", "sueño", "suele", 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 sueldo, spelled S-U-E-L-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Remuneración asignada a un individuo por el desempeño de un cargo o servicio profesional.
  2. 2
    Moneda antigua, de distinto valor según los tiempos y países, igual a la vigésima parte de la libra respectiva.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: seuldo,ssueldo,suedlo,suelddo,suelldo,suelod,suledo,useldo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sueldo

Misspelling Variants of "sueldo"

seuldo6ssueldo7suedlo6suelddo7suelldo7suelod6suledo6useldo6
Misspelling Variants of "sueldo"

Frequency rank: #3,152 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sueldo"?
"sueldo" is spelled S-U-E-L-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈswel̪d̪o].
What does "sueldo" mean?
As a noun, "sueldo" means: Remuneración asignada a un individuo por el desempeño de un cargo o servicio profesional.
What words are commonly confused with "sueldo"?
"sueldo" is commonly confused with "suelo", "sueño", "suele". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sueldo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sueldo" is [ˈswel̪d̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sueldo" come from?
"sueldo" 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.