saídovssólidoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“saído” and “sólido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,237
“saído” frequency rank
#9,414
“sólido” frequency rank
15651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saído sólido
Definition que se comporta desinibidamente e/ou atrevidamente que resiste a esforço mecânico

Where the eye mixes saído and sólido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. saído runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against sólido's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
saído
6 ch
sólido

Visual trap between saído and sólido

A purely visual mix-up. saído (/sɐ.ˈi.du/) and sólido (/ˈsɔ.li.du/) 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 15651, 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/. sólido is at rank #9,414, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈsɔ.li.du/.

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 15651, this pair ranks #56,115 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of saído vs sólido

Shared letters: dos. Private to "saído": aí. Private to "sólido": iló.

"saído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "sólido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "saído" and "sólido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/sɐ.ˈi.du/ versus /ˈsɔ.li.du/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "saído" or "sólido"?
"saído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,237 in our Portuguese list, against #9,414 for "sólido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sólido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,115 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saído" and "sólido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soldo vs sólido". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #56,115 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