English homophones
saver/savour
"saver" (#20,484 written frequency) beats "savour" (#38,147) in this 2-word /ˈseɪvə/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈseɪvə/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "saver" leads at #20,484, with "savour" trailing at #38,147.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "sav" then splits - "saver" (5 letters) vs "savour" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across saver, savour: arsv. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
saver
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory aersv · private e
savour
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVVC
Inventory aorsuv · private ou
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "saver" when you mean: One who saves.
- Write "savour" when you mean: An aroma or smell.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (saver, savour). Here's where to go from here.
- "saver" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #20,484 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: sick · sic. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "saver, savour" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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