saldar

verb

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The verdict

“saldar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,011. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,011
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pagar a totalidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-saldar · saldar · Portuguese

saldar · rank #38,011 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,011
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH roupeiro

Nearest frequency peer: roupeiro (-4 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “saldar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “saldar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

saldar vs salva
67% similar
saldar vs saldo
67% similar
saldar vs salsa
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for saldar
PropertyValue
Headwordsaldar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,011
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “saldar”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).saldarcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “roupeiro” (#38,007), “signal” (#38,019), “sincronizar” (#38,020). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “saldar” fica em #38,011. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around saldar, averb. Corpus frequency is #38,011 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pagar a totalidade".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for saldar, with forms such as "asldar", "sadlar", and "saladr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "salva", "saldo", "salsa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is saldar, spelled S-A-L-D-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    pagar a totalidade

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how saldar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Consegui, finalmente, saldar o meu débito com o banco, após anos de pagamentos rigorosos.»

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asldar
  • sadlar
  • saladr
  • saldarr
  • salddar
  • saldra
  • salldar
  • sladar
  • ssaldar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saldar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asldar2sadlar2saladr2saldarr1salddar1saldra2salldar1sladar2
Edit distance from "saldar"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saldar"?
"saldar" is spelled S-A-L-D-A-R.
What does "saldar" mean?
As a verb, "saldar" means: pagar a totalidade
What words are commonly confused with "saldar"?
"saldar" is commonly confused with "salva", "saldo", "salsa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "saldar" come from?
"saldar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "saldar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

signal#38,019taurus#38,047velcro#38,080machão#37,901

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

awesome9 variantscaixote9 variantsheroico9 variantsexpiação9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list