Which to use
“salté” and “suelte” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,596
- “salté” frequency rank
- #30,266
- “suelte” frequency rank
- 75862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salté | suelte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de saltar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de soltar. |
Where the eye mixes salté and suelte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between salté and suelte
A purely visual mix-up. salté ([sal̪ˈt̪e]) and suelte ([ˈswel̪t̪e]) 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 75862, 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]. suelte is at rank #30,266, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈswel̪t̪e].
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 75862, this pair ranks #18,769 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of salté vs suelte
Shared letters: lst. Private to "salté": aé. Private to "suelte": eu.
"salté" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "suelte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- suelte ← seulte · ssuelte · suelet · suellte · sueltte · suetle · sulete · uselte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "salté" for "suelte" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "salté" or "suelte" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "salté" and "suelte" 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 "suelte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,769 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salté" and "suelte" 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 #18,769 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.