Which to use
“sav” is a noun and “saved” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,009
- “sav” frequency rank
- #2,177
- “saved” frequency rank
- 42186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sav | saved |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A saveloy. | simple past and past participle of save |
Letter map: sav vs saved
Shared letters muted; letters that set sav and saved apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for sav / saved
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sav is anoun and savedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “sav” sits inside “saved”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sav is recorded at frequency rank #40,009, classified as anoun. saved is at rank #2,177, tagged as averb, pronounced /seɪvd/.
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 42186, this pair ranks #251,537 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sav vs saved
Shared letters: asv. Private to "sav": -. Private to "saved": de.
"sav" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "saved" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- saved ← asved · saevd · savde · savedd · savved · ssaved · svaed
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sav" for "saved" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sav" vs "saved" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "sav" vs "saved" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sav" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "saved" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,537 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sav" and "saved" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sav vs Sif". 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 #251,537 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.