salvos
/ˈsælvəʉz/noun, verb
salvos is spelled S-A-L-V-O-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, salvos means “plural of salvo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in salvos?
| Letters | 6: S-A-L-V-O-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is salvos?
Salvos appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce salvos?
- Australia /ˈsælvəʉz/
Salvos has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-Salvos.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does salvos mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of salvo
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of salvo
noun
- 1
AustraliaThe Salvation Army.
Thank God for the Salvos. – marketing tagline
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does salvos come from?
From Salv(ation Army) + -o (“diminutive suffix”), analysed as a plural.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).