Savona

name

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"savona" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Savona” is uncommon English (frequency #98,683 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,683
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A province of Liguria, Italy.

Key facts for Savona
PropertyValue
HeadwordSavona
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,683
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Savona” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Savona lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Savona is uncommon English at frequency #98,683 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Savona doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian Savona. The correct English form is Savona, spelled S-A-V-O-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A province of Liguria, Italy.
  2. 2
    The capital city of the province of Savona, Liguria, Italy.
  3. 3
    A community on Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. 4
    A village in Bath, Steuben County, New York, United States, named after Savona, Italy.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio, United States.
  6. 6
    A surname from Italian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Savona.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Savona"?
"Savona" is spelled S-A-V-O-N-A.
What does "Savona" mean?
As a proper noun, "Savona" means: A province of Liguria, Italy.
What is the origin of the word "Savona"?
Borrowed from Italian Savona. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “Savona”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-A-V-O-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list