# save

> English word · Verb · IPA /seɪv/ · frequency rank #755

## Definitions
1. To prevent harm or difficulty.
2. To prevent harm or difficulty.
3. To prevent harm or difficulty.
4. To prevent harm or difficulty.
5. To prevent harm or difficulty.
6. To prevent harm or difficulty.
7. To put aside; to avoid.
8. To put aside; to avoid.
9. To put aside; to avoid.
10. To put aside; to avoid.
11. To put aside; to avoid.
12. To put aside; to avoid.
13. To put aside; to avoid.
14. To put aside; to avoid.
15. To put aside; to avoid.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós
Proto-Italic *salawos
Latin salvus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin salvō
Latin salvāre
Old French sauverbor.
Middle English saven
English save
From Middle English saven, sauven, a borrowing from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”).

## Easily confused with
- **se** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-se)
- **SV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-sv)
- **she** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-she)
- **see** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-see)
- **say** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-say)
- **saw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-saw)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-sue)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-suv)
- **sax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-sax)
- **sie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-sie)
- **SME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-sme)
- **SSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-sse)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-soe)
- **SVP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-svp)
- **SVG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-svg)
- **sov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-sov)
- **SLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-sle)
- **some** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-some)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-sure)
- **side** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-side)

## Common misspellings (5)
`asve`, `saev`, `savve`, `ssave`, `svae`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/save