Which to use
“salté” and “salten” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,596
- “salté” frequency rank
- #34,333
- “salten” frequency rank
- 79929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salté | salten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de saltar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de saltar. |
Where the eye mixes salté and salten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. salté runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against salten's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: salté vs salten
A purely visual mix-up. salté ([sal̪ˈt̪e]) and salten ([ˈsal̪t̪ẽn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
salté is recorded at frequency rank #45,596, classified as averb, pronounced [sal̪ˈt̪e]. salten is at rank #34,333, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈsal̪t̪ẽn].
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 79929, this pair ranks #12,334 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of salté vs salten
Shared letters: alst. Private to "salté": é. Private to "salten": en.
"salté" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "salten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- salten ← aslten · saletn · sallten · saltenn · saltne · saltten · satlen · slaten
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "salté" and "salten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "salté" vs "salten" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "salté" and "salten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "salté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "salten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,334 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salté" and "salten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sácate vs salté". 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 #12,334 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.