salidovssumidoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#2,368
“salido” frequency rank
#27,023
“sumido” frequency rank
29391
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salido sumido
Definition Participio de salir. Participio de sumir.

Where the eye mixes salido and sumido

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

6 ch
salido
6 ch
sumido

Look-alike desk: salido vs sumido

A purely visual mix-up. salido ([saˈlið̞o]) and sumido ([suˈmið̞o]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

salido is recorded at frequency rank #2,368, classified as averb, pronounced [saˈlið̞o]. sumido is at rank #27,023, tagged as averb, pronounced [suˈmið̞o].

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 29391, this pair ranks #217,235 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of salido vs sumido

Shared letters: dios. Private to "salido": al. Private to "sumido": mu.

"salido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "sumido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • salidoaslido · saildo · saldio · saliddo · saliod · sallido · slaido · ssalido
  • sumidosmuido · ssumido · suimdo · sumdio · sumiddo · sumiod · summido · usmido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "salido" and "sumido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([saˈlið̞o] versus [suˈmið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "salido" vs "sumido" - which ranks higher?
"salido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,368 in our Spanish list, against #27,023 for "sumido". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "salido" and "sumido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "salido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sumido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #217,235 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "salido" and "sumido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sumido 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 #217,235 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