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“salidas” and “sátiras” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,590
“salidas” frequency rank
#45,631
“sátiras” frequency rank
52221
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salidas sátiras
Definition Forma del plural de salida. Forma del plural de sátira.

Where the eye mixes salidas and sátiras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. salidas and sátiras follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
salidas
7 ch
sátiras

Why the eye confuses salidas with sátiras

A purely visual mix-up. salidas ([saˈlið̞as]) and sátiras ([ˈsat̪iɾas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52221, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

salidas is recorded at frequency rank #6,590, classified as anoun, pronounced [saˈlið̞as]. sátiras is at rank #45,631, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsat̪iɾas].

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 52221, this pair ranks #93,798 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of salidas vs sátiras

Shared letters: ais. Private to "salidas": dl. Private to "sátiras": rtá.

"salidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "sátiras" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • salidas ← aslidas · saildas · saldias · saliads · salidass · saliddas · salidsa · sallidas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "salidas" and "sátiras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([saˈlið̞as] versus [ˈsat̪iɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "salidas" vs "sátiras" - which ranks higher?
"salidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,590 in our Spanish list, against #45,631 for "sátiras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "salidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sátiras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,798 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "salidas" and "sátiras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sátiras vs sativa". 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 #93,798 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