# savory

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈseɪ.və.ɹi/ · frequency rank #29,075

## Definitions
1. Tasty, attractive to the palate.
2. Either salty or spicy, but not sweet.
3. Umami.
4. Morally or ethically acceptable.

## Etymology
From the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin sapōrāre, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavour”), from sapiō, sapere (“taste of, have a flavour of”).

## Easily confused with
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savory-vs-story)
- **savvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savory-vs-savvy)
- **Savoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savory-vs-savoy)
- **Saxony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savory-vs-saxony)
- **savour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savory-vs-savour)
- **slavery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savory-vs-slavery)
- **saver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saver-vs-savory)
- **savor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savor-vs-savory)
- **salary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salary-vs-savory)
- **savior** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savior-vs-savory)

## Common misspellings (9)
`asvory`, `saovry`, `savorry`, `savoryy`, `savoyr`, `savroy`, `savvory`, `ssavory`, `svaory`

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