sabidovssalidaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sabido is a verb, salida is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sabido” is a verb and “salida” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,362
“sabido” frequency rank
#1,182
“salida” frequency rank
4544
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sabido salida
Definition Participio de saber. Acción o efecto de salir o de salirse.

Where the eye mixes sabido and salida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
sabido
6 ch
salida

Why the eye confuses sabido with salida

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sabido is [saˈβ̞ið̞o] while salida is [saˈlið̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sabido is recorded at frequency rank #3,362, classified as averb, pronounced [saˈβ̞ið̞o]. salida is at rank #1,182, tagged as anoun, pronounced [saˈlið̞a].

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 4544, this pair ranks #315,846 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sabido vs salida

Shared letters: adis. Private to "sabido": bo. Private to "salida": l.

"sabido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "salida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sabidoasbido · sabbido · sabdio · sabiddo · sabiod · saibdo · savido · sbaido
  • salidaaslida · sailda · saldia · saliad · salidda · sallida · slaida · ssalida

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sabido" and "salida" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sabido" is a verb and "salida" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sabido" vs "salida" - which ranks higher?
"salida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,182 in our Spanish list, against #3,362 for "sabido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "sabido" and "salida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sabido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "salida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #315,846 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sabido" and "salida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sabido vs subidón". 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 #315,846 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list