Which to use
“saída” and “salina” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,201
- “saída” frequency rank
- #34,030
- “salina” frequency rank
- 35231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saída | salina |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação de sair | área de produção de sal marinho pela evaporação da água do mar ou de lago de água salgada |
Where the eye mixes saída and salina
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. saída runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against salina's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between saída and salina
A purely visual mix-up. saída (/sɐ.ˈi.dɐ/) and salina (/sɐ.ˈli.nɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35231, 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/. salina is at rank #34,030, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sɐ.ˈli.nɐ/.
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 35231, this pair ranks #31,845 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of saída vs salina
Shared letters: as. Private to "saída": dí. Private to "salina": iln.
"saída" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "salina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- salina ← aslina · sailna · salian · salinna · sallina · salnia · slaina · ssalina
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saída" for "salina" ever safe?
Frequency check: "saída" vs "salina" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "saída" and "salina" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "saída" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "salina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,845 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saída" and "salina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salina vs sanita". 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 #31,845 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.