soltar

//soɫ.ˈtaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,356

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

soltar is aPortugueseverb. It means: libertar Pronounced /soɫ.ˈtaɾ/. It ranks #5,356 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with star and solto.

Key facts for soltar
PropertyValue
Headwordsoltar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/soɫ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,356
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of soltar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for soltar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /soɫ.ˈtaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,356 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for soltar, with forms such as "osltar", "slotar", and "solatr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "star", "solto", "somar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is soltar, spelled S-O-L-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    libertar
  2. 2
    desatar
  3. 3
    desembaraçar
  4. 4
    atirar
  5. 5
    contar (uma piada, por exemplo)

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osltar,slotar,solatr,solltar,soltarr,soltra,solttar,sotlar,ssoltar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for soltar

Misspelling Variants of "soltar"

osltar6slotar6solatr6solltar7soltarr7soltra6solttar7sotlar6
Misspelling Variants of "soltar"

Frequency rank: #5,356 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soltar"?
"soltar" is spelled S-O-L-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /soɫ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "soltar" mean?
As a verb, "soltar" means: libertar
What words are commonly confused with "soltar"?
"soltar" is commonly confused with "star", "solto", "somar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soltar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soltar" is /soɫ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soltar" come from?
"soltar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.