saldosvssalidoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#33,836
“saldos” frequency rank
#2,368
“salido” frequency rank
36204
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saldos salido
Definition Forma del plural de saldo. Participio de salir.

Where the eye mixes saldos and salido

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

6 ch
saldos
6 ch
salido

Visual trap between saldos and salido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: saldos is [ˈsal̪d̪os] while salido is [saˈlið̞o]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36204, 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]. salido is at rank #2,368, tagged as averb, pronounced [saˈlið̞o].

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 36204, this pair ranks #181,876 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of saldos vs salido

Shared letters: adlos. Private to "saldos": -. Private to "salido": i.

"saldos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "salido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saldos ← asldos · sadlos · salddos · saldoss · saldso · salldos · salods · slados
  • salido ← aslido · saildo · saldio · saliddo · saliod · sallido · slaido · ssalido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "saldos" and "salido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saldos" is a noun and "salido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "saldos" or "salido"?
"salido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,368 in our Spanish list, against #33,836 for "saldos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saldos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "salido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #181,876 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saldos" and "salido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saldos 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 #181,876 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