Which to use
“salté” and “solté” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,596
- “salté” frequency rank
- #36,830
- “solté” frequency rank
- 82426
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salté | solté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de saltar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de soltar. |
Where the eye mixes salté and solté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. salté and solté follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between salté and solté
A purely visual mix-up. salté ([sal̪ˈt̪e]) and solté ([sol̪ˈt̪e]) 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 a single letter - a in “salté” becomes o in “solté”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82426, 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]. solté is at rank #36,830, tagged as averb, pronounced [sol̪ˈt̪e].
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 82426, this pair ranks #9,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of salté vs solté
Shared letters: lsté. Private to "salté": a. Private to "solté": o.
"salté" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "solté" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "salté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "solté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salté" and "solté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sácate vs salté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #9,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.