saldarvssalmãoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#38,011
“saldar” frequency rank
#15,681
“salmão” frequency rank
53692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saldar salmão
Definition pagar a totalidade peixe da família dos Salmodídeos amarelo-alaranjado

Letter map: saldar vs salmão

Shared letters muted; letters that set saldar and salmão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. saldar (CVCCVC) and salmão (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
saldar
6 ch
salmão

Role in the sentence - saldar and salmão

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: saldar is averb and salmãoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saldar is recorded at frequency rank #38,011, classified as averb. salmão is at rank #15,681, tagged as anoun, pronounced /saɫ.ˈmɐ̃w̃/.

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 53692, this pair ranks #11,857 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of saldar vs salmão

Shared letters: als. Private to "saldar": dr. Private to "salmão": moã.

"saldar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "salmão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saldar ← asldar · sadlar · saladr · saldarr · salddar · saldra · salldar · sladar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "saldar" and "salmão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saldar" is a verb and "salmão" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "saldar" or "salmão"?
"salmão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,681 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "saldar" and "salmão".

  • Full dictionary entry for "saldar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "salmão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,857 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saldar" and "salmão" 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 #11,857 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