salidavssólidoConfusable pair

Quick tell: salida is a noun, sólido is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,182
“salida” frequency rank
#7,496
“sólido” frequency rank
8678
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salida sólido
Definition Acción o efecto de salir o de salirse. De estructura dura, maciza y densa al tacto

Where the eye mixes salida and sólido

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

6 ch
salida
6 ch
sólido

Look-alike desk: salida vs sólido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: salida is [saˈlið̞a] while sólido is [ˈsolið̞o]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8678, 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]. sólido is at rank #7,496, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈsolið̞o].

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 8678, this pair ranks #304,297 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of salida vs sólido

Shared letters: dils. Private to "salida": a. Private to "sólido": .

"salida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "sólido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • salidaaslida · sailda · saldia · saliad · salidda · sallida · slaida · ssalida

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "salida" for "sólido" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "salida" is a noun and "sólido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "salida" or "sólido" show up more?
"salida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,182 in our Spanish list, against #7,496 for "sólido". 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 "salida" and "sólido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "salida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sólido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #304,297 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "salida" and "sólido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sólido vs sórdido". 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 #304,297 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