Which to use
“savor” and “savour” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,826
- “savor” frequency rank
- #38,147
- “savour” frequency rank
- 67973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | savor | savour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative spelling of savour. | An aroma or smell. |
Letter map: savor vs savour
Shared letters muted; letters that set savor and savour apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. savor runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against savour's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: savor and savour
savor and savour are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
savor is recorded at frequency rank #29,826, classified as anoun. savour is at rank #38,147, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈseɪvə/.
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 67973, this pair ranks #60,963 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of savor vs savour
Shared letters: aorsv. Private to "savor": -. Private to "savour": u.
"savor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "savour" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "savor" for "savour" ever safe?
Frequency check: "savor" vs "savour" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "savor" and "savour". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "savor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "savour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,963 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "savor" and "savour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "savin vs savor". 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 #60,963 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.