sóciovssoloTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,806
“sócio” frequency rank
#1,451
“solo” frequency rank
5257
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sócio solo
Definition pessoa que divide as despesas e os lucros com as outras em uma companhia ou em um clube terra

Letter map: sócio vs solo

Shared letters muted; letters that set sócio and solo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
sócio
4 ch
solo

Spelling & dictionary notes on sócio vs solo

sócio and solo 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sócio is recorded at frequency rank #3,806, classified as anoun. solo is at rank #1,451, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɔ.lu/.

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 5257, this pair ranks #69,405 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sócio vs solo

Shared letters: os. Private to "sócio": ció. Private to "solo": l.

"sócio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "solo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solooslo · sloo · sollo · sool · ssolo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sócio" and "solo" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sócio" or "solo" show up more?
"solo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,451 in our Portuguese list, against #3,806 for "sócio". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "sócio" vs "solo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sócio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "solo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,405 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sócio" and "solo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sócio vs soir". 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 #69,405 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