saves
/seɪvz/
"saves" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“saves” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,411. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,411
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of save
Corpus desk
Index EN-saves · saves · English
saves · rank #6,411 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,411
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH rises
Nearest frequency peer: rises (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “saves”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- responding
responding
93,593 corpus weight
- retained
retained
93,592 corpus weight
- rises
rises
93,591 corpus weight
- saves
saves
93,590 corpus weight
- scan
scan
93,589 corpus weight
- scare
scare
93,588 corpus weight
What this shows “saves” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saves |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /seɪvz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “saves”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around saves (IPA /seɪvz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,411 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of save".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for saves, with forms such as "asves", "saevs", and "savess". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ses", "says", "sees", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is saves, spelled S-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of save
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asves
- saevs
- savess
- savse
- savves
- ssaves
- svaes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saves - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "saves", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).