# savior

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈseɪvjɚ/ · frequency rank #11,792

## Definitions
1. A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
2. A child who is conceived in order to provide an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who has an otherwise fatal disease (used in combination, with "sibling", "baby", "child", "brother", "sister", etc.)

## Etymology
First attested in 1300 as Middle English saveour, from Old French sauveour, from Late Latin salvātor, from salvō. Doublet of salvator. Displaced native Old English hǣlend.

## Easily confused with
- **Savoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savior-vs-savoy)
- **savor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savior-vs-savor)
- **senior** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savior-vs-senior)
- **savory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savior-vs-savory)
- **savour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savior-vs-savour)
- **saver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saver-vs-savior)
- **savin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savin-vs-savior)
- **saving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saving-vs-savior)
- **sailor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sailor-vs-savior)

## Common misspellings (8)
`asvior`, `saivor`, `saviorr`, `saviro`, `savoir`, `savvior`, `ssavior`, `svaior`

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