saldarvssaudarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#38,011
“saldar” frequency rank
#26,891
“saudar” frequency rank
64902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saldar saudar
Definition pagar a totalidade cumprimentar

Letter map: saldar vs saudar

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

6 ch
saldar
6 ch
saudar

Spelling & dictionary notes on saldar vs saudar

saldar and saudar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - l in “saldar” becomes u in “saudar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saldar is recorded at frequency rank #38,011, classified as averb. saudar is at rank #26,891, 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 64902, this pair ranks #5,589 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of saldar vs saudar

Shared letters: adrs. Private to "saldar": l. Private to "saudar": u.

"saldar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "saudar" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saldar ← asldar · sadlar · saladr · saldarr · salddar · saldra · salldar · sladar
  • saudar ← asudar · saduar · sauadr · saudarr · sauddar · saudra · ssaudar · suadar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "saldar" for "saudar" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - l in “saldar” becomes u in “saudar”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "saldar" or "saudar"?
"saudar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,891 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 "saldar" and "saudar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saldar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "saudar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,589 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saldar" and "saudar" 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 #5,589 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