salidavssalidosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,182
“salida” frequency rank
#31,972
“salidos” frequency rank
33154
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salida salidos
Definition Acción o efecto de salir o de salirse. Forma del plural de salido, participio de salir.

Where the eye mixes salida and salidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
salida
7 ch
salidos

Why the eye confuses salida with salidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: salida is [saˈlið̞a] while salidos is [saˈlið̞os]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

salida is recorded at frequency rank #1,182, classified as anoun, pronounced [saˈlið̞a]. salidos is at rank #31,972, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [saˈlið̞os].

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 33154, this pair ranks #198,318 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of salida vs salidos

Shared letters: adils. Private to "salida": -. Private to "salidos": o.

"salida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "salidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • salidaaslida · sailda · saldia · saliad · salidda · sallida · slaida · ssalida
  • salidosaslidos · saildos · saldios · saliddos · salidoss · salidso · saliods · sallidos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "salida" and "salidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "salida" is a noun and "salidos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "salida" or "salidos"?
"salida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,182 in our Spanish list, against #31,972 for "salidos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "salida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "salidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #198,318 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "salida" and "salidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salidos vs sumidos". 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 #198,318 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