salvator

noun

The verdict

“salvator” is uncommon German (frequency #63,722 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,722
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erretter, Erhalter, Erlöser, Heiland

Corpus desk

Index DE-salvator · salvator · German

salvator · rank #63,722 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,722
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Salerno

Nearest frequency peer: Salerno (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „salvator“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „salvator“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for salvator
PropertyValue
Headwordsalvator
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,722
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „salvator“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.salvatorfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Salerno“ (#63,721), „sampling“ (#63,723), „Sandbank“ (#63,724). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „salvator“ bei #63,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salvator is uncommon German at frequency #63,722 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Erretter, Erhalter, Erlöser, Heiland".

No misspelling variants are generated for salvator in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is salvator, spelled S-A-L-V-A-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Erretter, Erhalter, Erlöser, Heiland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how salvator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „quia natus est vobis hodie salvator qui est Christus Dominus in civitate David“ (Lukasevangelium)

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salvator"?
"salvator" is spelled S-A-L-V-A-T-O-R.
What does "salvator" mean?
As a noun, "salvator" means: Erretter, Erhalter, Erlöser, Heiland
What language does "salvator" come from?
"salvator" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "salvator", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list