saladavssaldarTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#7,573
“salada” frequency rank
#38,011
“saldar” frequency rank
45584
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salada saldar
Definition prato frio consistente de verduras e frutas pagar a totalidade

Letter map: salada vs saldar

Shared letters muted; letters that set salada and saldar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. salada (CVCVCV) and saldar (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
salada
6 ch
saldar

Part-of-speech tell for salada / saldar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: salada is anoun and saldaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

salada is recorded at frequency rank #7,573, classified as anoun, pronounced /sɐ.ˈla.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 45584, this pair ranks #19,804 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of salada vs saldar

Shared letters: adls. Private to "salada": -. Private to "saldar": r.

"salada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "saldar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • salada ← aslada · saalda · salaad · saladda · saldaa · sallada · slaada · ssalada
  • saldar ← asldar · sadlar · saladr · saldarr · salddar · saldra · salldar · sladar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "salada" for "saldar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "salada" is a noun and "saldar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "salada" or "saldar"?
"salada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,573 in our Portuguese list, against #38,011 for "saldar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "salada" and "saldar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "salada" 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 #19,804 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "salada" 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 #19,804 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