Which to use
“sala” and “salina” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #636
- “sala” frequency rank
- #34,030
- “salina” frequency rank
- 34666
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sala | salina |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | compartimento principal de uma casa | área de produção de sal marinho pela evaporação da água do mar ou de lago de água salgada |
Where the eye mixes sala and salina
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sala vs salina
A purely visual mix-up. sala (/"sa.l@/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sala is recorded at frequency rank #636, classified as anoun, pronounced /"sa.l@/. 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 34666, this pair ranks #32,542 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sala vs salina
Shared letters: als. Private to "sala": -. Private to "salina": in.
"sala" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "salina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sala" and "salina" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sala" or "salina" show up more?
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 "sala" 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 #32,542 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sala" 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 #32,542 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.