Which to use
“salté” is a verb and “siete” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,596
- “salté” frequency rank
- #923
- “siete” frequency rank
- 46519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salté | siete |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de saltar. | Seis y uno. |
Where the eye mixes salté and siete
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. salté (CVCCV) and siete (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: salté vs siete
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: salté is [sal̪ˈt̪e] while siete is [ˈsjet̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs num), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46519, 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]. siete is at rank #923, tagged as anum, pronounced [ˈsjet̪e].
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 46519, this pair ranks #125,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of salté vs siete
Shared letters: st. Private to "salté": alé. Private to "siete": ei.
"salté" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "siete" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- siete ← ciete · isete · seite · sieet · siette · sitee · ssiete
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "salté" and "siete" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "salté" or "siete" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "salté" and "siete" 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 "siete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salté" and "siete" 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 #125,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.