sav
noun, adjective
sav is spelled S-A-V: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sav means “A saveloy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sav is savs.
How many letters and syllables are in sav?
| Letters | 3: S-A-V |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sav?
Sav appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 sav?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-sav.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sav
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: savage.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with sav?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sav.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: vas.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sav
- savs plural
- more sav comparative
- most sav superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sav mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaUKinformalA saveloy.
- 2
slangA ruthless or badass person; a savage.
adjective
- 1
UKslangClipping of savage (“unpleasant or unfair”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sav come from?
Clipping of saveloy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).