saldarvssoltarWhich spelling fits?

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

#38,011
“saldar” frequency rank
#5,356
“soltar” frequency rank
43367
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saldar soltar
Definition pagar a totalidade libertar

Letter map: saldar vs soltar

Shared letters muted; letters that set saldar and soltar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. saldar and soltar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
saldar
6 ch
soltar

Spelling & dictionary notes on saldar vs soltar

saldar and soltar 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saldar is recorded at frequency rank #38,011, classified as averb. soltar is at rank #5,356, tagged as averb, pronounced /soɫ.ˈtaɾ/.

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 43367, this pair ranks #22,276 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of saldar vs soltar

Shared letters: alrs. Private to "saldar": d. Private to "soltar": ot.

"saldar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "soltar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saldar ← asldar · sadlar · saladr · saldarr · salddar · saldra · salldar · sladar
  • soltar ← osltar · slotar · solatr · solltar · soltarr · soltra · solttar · sotlar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "saldar" and "soltar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "saldar" vs "soltar" - which ranks higher?
"soltar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,356 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "saldar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soltar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,276 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saldar" and "soltar" 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 #22,276 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