saldo
/ˈsaɫ.du/
The verdict
“saldo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,080
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diferença entre o débito e o crédito (e vice-versa) de uma conta
Corpus desk
Index PT-saldo · saldo · Portuguese
saldo · rank #7,080 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,080
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sapato
Nearest frequency peer: sapato (+1 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 “saldo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- reduzido
reduzido
92,926 corpus weight
- reforço
reforço
92,925 corpus weight
- saldo
saldo
92,921 corpus weight
- sapato
sapato
92,920 corpus weight
- seremos
seremos
92,918 corpus weight
- sky
sky
92,917 corpus weight
What this shows “saldo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saldo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɫ.du/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “saldo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around saldo (IPA /ˈsaɫ.du/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,080 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for saldo, with forms such as "asldo", "sadlo", and "salddo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "são", "sido", "solo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is saldo, spelled S-A-L-D-O.
Definition
- 1diferença entre o débito e o crédito (e vice-versa) de uma conta
- 2mercadoria que sobrou ou foi vendida
- 3resultado
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how saldo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No crédito com recursos livres, o saldo das operações aumentou 3% para as pessoas jurídicas (PJs), mas apenas 0,1% para as PFs.
O balanço do emprego industrial em São Paulo mostra um saldo positivo de janeiro a novembro, quando foram abertos 123 mil postos de trabalho.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asldo
- sadlo
- salddo
- salldo
- salod
- slado
- ssaldo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saldo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "saldo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).