Which to use
“solid” is an adjective and “sólo” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,850
- “solid” frequency rank
- #127
- “sólo” frequency rank
- 33977
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | solid | sólo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sólido. | Grafía alternativa de solo (adverbio). Cada vez que deba entenderse como equivalente de solamente y sea posible la confusión con el adjetivo homónimo, es optativo tildar la palabra para desambiguar. |
Where the eye mixes solid and sólo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: solid vs sólo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: solid is /ˈsɒl.ɪd/ while sólo is [ˈsolo]. 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 (adjective vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
solid is recorded at frequency rank #33,850, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈsɒl.ɪd/. sólo is at rank #127, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈsolo].
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 33977, this pair ranks #193,859 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of solid vs sólo
Shared letters: los. Private to "solid": di. Private to "sólo": ó.
"solid" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "sólo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- solid ← oslid · sloid · soild · soldi · solidd · sollid · ssolid
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "solid" and "sólo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "solid" or "sólo" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "solid" and "sólo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "solid" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sólo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,859 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "solid" and "sólo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solías vs solid". 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 #193,859 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.