sojavsstaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: soja is a noun, sta is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“soja” is a noun and “sta” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,934
“soja” frequency rank
#14,015
“sta” frequency rank
24949
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soja sta
Definition (Glycine max) Planta leguminosa originaria de Asia, con una semilla comestible similar a la judía y muy rico en proteínas y aceites. Forma del femenino de sto: «esta».

Where the eye mixes soja and sta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
soja
3 ch
sta

Look-alike desk: soja vs sta

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soja is [ˈsoxa] while sta is /ˈsta/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

soja is recorded at frequency rank #10,934, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsoxa]. sta is at rank #14,015, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈsta/.

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 24949, this pair ranks #238,718 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of soja vs sta

Shared letters: as. Private to "soja": jo. Private to "sta": t.

"soja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sta" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sojaosja · sjoa · soaj · sojja · ssoja

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "soja" for "sta" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "soja" is a noun and "sta" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "soja" or "sta" show up more?
"soja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,934 in our Spanish list, against #14,015 for "sta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "soja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #238,718 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soja" and "sta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sta vs stem". 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 #238,718 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list