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“sólidas” and “sólidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,993
“sólidas” frequency rank
#10,579
“sólidos” frequency rank
27572
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sólidas sólidos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de sólido. Forma del masculino plural de sólido.

Where the eye mixes sólidas and sólidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sólidas and sólidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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7 ch
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Look-alike desk: sólidas vs sólidos

A purely visual mix-up. sólidas ([ˈsolið̞as]) and sólidos ([ˈsolið̞os]) 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 “sólidas” becomes o in “sólidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sólidas is recorded at frequency rank #16,993, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈsolið̞as]. sólidos is at rank #10,579, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈsolið̞os].

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 27572, this pair ranks #226,167 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sólidas vs sólidos

Shared letters: dilsó. Private to "sólidas": a. Private to "sólidos": o.

"sólidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "sólidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sólidas" and "sólidos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈsolið̞as] versus [ˈsolið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sólidas" or "sólidos" show up more?
"sólidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,579 in our Spanish list, against #16,993 for "sólidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "sólidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sólidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #226,167 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sólidas" and "sólidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saludas vs sólidas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #226,167 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