saladasvssaldrásWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: saladas is a participle, saldrás is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“saladas” is a participle and “saldrás” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,543
“saladas” frequency rank
#36,279
“saldrás” frequency rank
67822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saladas saldrás
Definition Forma del femenino plural de salado, participio de salar. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de indicativo de salir o de salirse.

Where the eye mixes saladas and saldrás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. saladas (CVCVCVC) and saldrás (CVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
saladas
7 ch
saldrás

Why the eye confuses saladas with saldrás

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: saladas is [saˈlað̞as] while saldrás is [sal̪ˈd̪ɾas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saladas is recorded at frequency rank #31,543, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [saˈlað̞as]. saldrás is at rank #36,279, tagged as averb, pronounced [sal̪ˈd̪ɾas].

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 67822, this pair ranks #36,139 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of saladas vs saldrás

Shared letters: adls. Private to "saladas": -. Private to "saldrás": rá.

"saladas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "saldrás" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saladas ← asladas · saaldas · salaads · saladass · saladdas · saladsa · saldaas · salladas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "saladas" and "saldrás" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saladas" is a participle and "saldrás" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "saladas" vs "saldrás" - which ranks higher?
"saladas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,543 in our Spanish list, against #36,279 for "saldrás". 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 "saladas" and "saldrás" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "saldrás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,139 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saladas" and "saldrás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saldrás vs saludas". 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 #36,139 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