soltar
/soɫ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“soltar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,356. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,356
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - libertar
Corpus desk
Index PT-soltar · soltar · Portuguese
soltar · rank #5,356 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,356
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH selo
Nearest frequency peer: selo (-2 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 “soltar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- saudade
saudade
94,651 corpus weight
- selo
selo
94,647 corpus weight
- soltar
soltar
94,645 corpus weight
- tomado
tomado
94,641 corpus weight
- tortura
tortura
94,640 corpus weight
- trabalhado
trabalhado
94,639 corpus weight
What this shows “soltar” 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 | soltar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /soɫ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “soltar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around soltar (IPA /soɫ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,356 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for soltar, with forms such as "osltar", "slotar", and "solatr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "star", "solto", "somar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is soltar, spelled S-O-L-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1libertar
- 2desatar
- 3desembaraçar
- 4atirar
- 5contar (uma piada, por exemplo)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how soltar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A polícia soltou Khort Chan depois de dois dias e não conseguiu seguir o seu rastro.
Na segunda-feira, o eixo traseiro de outro ônibus da linha 6726-10 se soltou e feriu outras duas pessoas.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osltar
- slotar
- solatr
- solltar
- soltarr
- soltra
- solttar
- sotlar
- ssoltar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soltar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "soltar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).