sólidasvssondasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sólidas is a adjective, sondas is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sólidas” is an adjective and “sondas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,993
“sólidas” frequency rank
#36,831
“sondas” frequency rank
53824
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sólidas sondas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de sólido. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de sondar.

Where the eye mixes sólidas and sondas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sólidas runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against sondas's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
sólidas
6 ch
sondas

Look-alike desk: sólidas vs sondas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sólidas is [ˈsolið̞as] while sondas is [ˈsõn̪d̪as]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53824, 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]. sondas is at rank #36,831, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈsõn̪d̪as].

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 53824, this pair ranks #86,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sólidas vs sondas

Shared letters: ads. Private to "sólidas": iló. Private to "sondas": no.

"sólidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "sondas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sondas ← osndas · snodas · sodnas · sonads · sondass · sonddas · sondsa · sonndas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sólidas" and "sondas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sólidas" is an adjective and "sondas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sólidas" or "sondas" show up more?
"sólidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,993 in our Spanish list, against #36,831 for "sondas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sólidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sondas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #86,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sólidas" and "sondas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solías vs sondas". 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 #86,045 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