Which to use
“soldo” is a noun and “solto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,066
- “soldo” frequency rank
- #6,242
- “solto” frequency rank
- 52308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soldo | solto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | salário básico de militar | que se soltou |
Letter map: soldo vs solto
Shared letters muted; letters that set soldo and solto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. soldo and solto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for soldo / solto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: soldo is anoun and soltoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “soldo” becomes t in “solto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soldo is recorded at frequency rank #46,066, classified as anoun. solto is at rank #6,242, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈsoɫ.tu/.
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 52308, this pair ranks #12,866 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soldo vs solto
Shared letters: los. Private to "soldo": d. Private to "solto": t.
"soldo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "solto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soldo" and "solto" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "soldo" vs "solto" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "soldo" vs "solto" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "soldo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "solto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,866 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soldo" and "solto" 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 #12,866 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.