saídavssaldarTell them apart

Quick tell: saída is a noun, saldar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“saída” is a noun and “saldar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,201
“saída” frequency rank
#38,011
“saldar” frequency rank
39212
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saída saldar
Definition ação de sair pagar a totalidade

Letter map: saída vs saldar

Shared letters muted; letters that set saída and saldar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. saída runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against saldar's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
saída
6 ch
saldar

Part-of-speech tell for saída / saldar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: saída is anoun and saldaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saída is recorded at frequency rank #1,201, classified as anoun, pronounced /sɐ.ˈi.dɐ/. saldar is at rank #38,011, tagged as averb.

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 39212, this pair ranks #27,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of saída vs saldar

Shared letters: ads. Private to "saída": í. Private to "saldar": lr.

"saída" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "saldar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saldar ← asldar · sadlar · saladr · saldarr · salddar · saldra · salldar · sladar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "saída" and "saldar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saída" is a noun and "saldar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "saída" or "saldar"?
"saída" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,201 in our Portuguese list, against #38,011 for "saldar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "saída" vs "saldar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saída" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "saldar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saída" and "saldar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saldar vs sondar". 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 #27,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list