solidãovssoluçãoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#6,710
“solidão” frequency rank
#1,374
“solução” frequency rank
8084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature solidão solução
Definition estado daquilo que está só, isolado resolução, resposta

Letter map: solidão vs solução

Shared letters muted; letters that set solidão and solução apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. solidão and solução follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
solidão
7 ch
solução

Pair insight - solidão / solução

solidão and solução 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 8084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

solidão is recorded at frequency rank #6,710, classified as anoun. solução is at rank #1,374, tagged as anoun, pronounced /su.lu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.

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 8084, this pair ranks #65,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of solidão vs solução

Shared letters: losã. Private to "solidão": di. Private to "solução": uç.

"solidão" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "solução" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "solidão" for "solução" ever safe?
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.
Which is more common, "solidão" or "solução"?
"solução" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,374 in our Portuguese list, against #6,710 for "solidão". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "solidão" and "solução". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "solidão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "solução" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "solidão" and "solução" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soldo vs solidão". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #65,818 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