saldosvssaldrásWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#33,836
“saldos” frequency rank
#36,279
“saldrás” frequency rank
70115
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saldos saldrás
Definition Forma del plural de saldo. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de indicativo de salir o de salirse.

Where the eye mixes saldos and saldrás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. saldos runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against saldrás's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
saldos
7 ch
saldrás

Visual trap between saldos and saldrás

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: saldos is [ˈsal̪d̪os] while saldrás is [sal̪ˈd̪ɾas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saldos is recorded at frequency rank #33,836, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsal̪d̪os]. 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 70115, this pair ranks #30,415 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of saldos vs saldrás

Shared letters: adls. Private to "saldos": o. Private to "saldrás": rá.

"saldos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "saldrás" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saldos ← asldos · sadlos · salddos · saldoss · saldso · salldos · salods · slados

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "saldos" for "saldrás" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saldos" is a noun and "saldrás" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "saldos" or "saldrás" show up more?
"saldos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,836 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saldos" 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 #30,415 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saldos" 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 #30,415 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