Which to use
“soldo” is a noun and “sólido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,066
- “soldo” frequency rank
- #9,414
- “sólido” frequency rank
- 55480
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soldo | sólido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | salário básico de militar | que resiste a esforço mecânico |
Letter map: soldo vs sólido
Shared letters muted; letters that set soldo and sólido apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. soldo runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against sólido's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: soldo vs sólido
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: soldo is anoun and sólidoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soldo is recorded at frequency rank #46,066, classified as anoun. sólido is at rank #9,414, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈsɔ.li.du/.
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 55480, this pair ranks #10,570 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soldo vs sólido
Shared letters: dlos. Private to "soldo": -. Private to "sólido": ió.
"soldo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "sólido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- soldo ← osldo · slodo · sodlo · solddo · solldo · solod · ssoldo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soldo" and "sólido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "soldo" or "sólido" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "soldo" and "sólido".
- Full dictionary entry for "soldo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sólido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,570 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soldo" and "sólido" 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 #10,570 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.