saídovssoldoTell them apart

Quick tell: saído is a adjective, soldo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“saído” is an adjective and “soldo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,237
“saído” frequency rank
#46,066
“soldo” frequency rank
52303
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saído soldo
Definition que se comporta desinibidamente e/ou atrevidamente salário básico de militar

Letter map: saído vs soldo

Shared letters muted; letters that set saído and soldo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. saído (CVVCV) and soldo (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
saído
5 ch
soldo

Role in the sentence - saído and soldo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: saído is anadjective and soldoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saído is recorded at frequency rank #6,237, classified as anadj, pronounced /sɐ.ˈi.du/. soldo is at rank #46,066, tagged as anoun.

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 52303, this pair ranks #12,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of saído vs soldo

Shared letters: dos. Private to "saído": aí. Private to "soldo": l.

"saído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "soldo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soldo ← osldo · slodo · sodlo · solddo · solldo · solod · ssoldo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "saído" and "soldo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saído" is an adjective and "soldo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "saído" or "soldo" show up more?
"saído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,237 in our Portuguese list, against #46,066 for "soldo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "saído" and "soldo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soldo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saído" and "soldo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soldo vs sulco". 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 #12,870 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