saltévssaludWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: salté is a verb, salud is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“salté” is a verb and “salud” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,596
“salté” frequency rank
#438
“salud” frequency rank
46034
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salté salud
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de saltar. Estado de normal funcionamiento de un organismo, en el que se encuentra libre de dolencias o achaques.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set salté and salud apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
salté
5 ch
salud

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: salté is [sal̪ˈt̪e] while salud is [saˈluð̞]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46034, 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]. salud is at rank #438, tagged as anoun, pronounced [saˈluð̞].

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 46034, this pair ranks #128,069 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of salté vs salud

Shared letters: als. Private to "salté": . Private to "salud": du.

"salté" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "salud" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saludaslud · saldu · sallud · saludd · sauld · slaud · ssalud

Frequency comparison

salté#45,596
salud#438

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "salté" and "salud" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "salté" is a verb and "salud" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "salté" or "salud"?
"salud" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #438 in our Spanish list, against #45,596 for "salté". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering salté vs salud

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “salté”; for a noun, it's “salud”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “salté” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list