seladovssoldoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: selado is a adjective, soldo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“selado” is an adjective and “soldo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,270
“selado” frequency rank
#46,066
“soldo” frequency rank
73336
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature selado soldo
Definition que tem selo salário básico de militar

Letter map: selado vs soldo

Shared letters muted; letters that set selado and soldo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. selado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against soldo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
selado
5 ch
soldo

Role in the sentence - selado and soldo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: selado is anadjective and soldoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73336, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

selado is recorded at frequency rank #27,270, classified as anadj, pronounced /sɨ.ˈla.du/. soldo is at rank #46,066, tagged as anoun.

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 73336, this pair ranks #2,794 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of selado vs soldo

Shared letters: dlos. Private to "selado": ae. Private to "soldo": -.

"selado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "soldo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • selado ← eslado · sealdo · seladdo · selaod · seldao · sellado · sleado · sselado
  • soldo ← osldo · slodo · sodlo · solddo · solldo · solod · ssoldo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "selado" and "soldo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "selado" is an adjective and "soldo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "selado" or "soldo"?
"selado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,270 in our Portuguese list, against #46,066 for "soldo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "selado" vs "soldo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "selado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soldo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,794 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "selado" and "soldo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soldo vs sulco". 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 #2,794 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