salimosvssólidosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: salimos is a verb, sólidos is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“salimos” is a verb and “sólidos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,940
“salimos” frequency rank
#10,579
“sólidos” frequency rank
15519
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salimos sólidos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de salir o de salirse. Forma del masculino plural de sólido.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set salimos and sólidos apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
salimos
7 ch
sólidos

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: salimos is [saˈlimos] while sólidos is [ˈsolið̞os]. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

salimos is recorded at frequency rank #4,940, classified as averb, pronounced [saˈlimos]. sólidos is at rank #10,579, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈsolið̞os].

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 15519, this pair ranks #279,815 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of salimos vs sólidos

Shared letters: ilos. Private to "salimos": am. Private to "sólidos": .

"salimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "sólidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • salimosaslimos · sailmos · salimmos · salimoss · salimso · salioms · sallimos · salmios

Frequency comparison

salimos#4,940
sólidos#10,579

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "salimos" and "sólidos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "salimos" is a verb and "sólidos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "salimos" or "sólidos"?
"salimos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,940 in our Spanish list, against #10,579 for "sólidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering salimos vs sólidos

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “salimos”; for an adjective, it's “sólidos”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “salimos” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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