savour
/ˈseɪvə/
"savour" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“savour” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,147. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,147
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An aroma or smell.
Corpus desk
Index EN-savour · savour · English
savour · rank #38,147 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,147
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sativa
Nearest frequency peer: sativa (-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 “savour”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Rushmore
Rushmore
61,857 corpus weight
- sativa
sativa
61,855 corpus weight
- savour
savour
61,854 corpus weight
- sawing
sawing
61,853 corpus weight
- scarab
scarab
61,852 corpus weight
- Schengen
Schengen
61,851 corpus weight
What this shows “savour” 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 | savour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈseɪvə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “savour”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around savour (IPA /ˈseɪvə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,147 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for savour, with forms such as "asvour", "saovur", and "savoru". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sour", "Savoy", "scour", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English savour, from Anglo-Norman saveur, savor, savour, and Old French saveur, savor, savour (modern French saveur), from Latin sapor, from sapiō (“to taste of (something); to have a flavour”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-, *sep-… The correct English form is savour, spelled S-A-V-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1An aroma or smell.
- 2The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
- 3The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
- 4A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.
- 5A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.
- 6A quality which is appealing or enjoyable; merit, value.
- 7A reputation.
- 8Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation; pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
- 9Knowledge; understanding.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how savour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And Noe [Noah] made an aulter vnto the LORDE⸝ and toke of all maner of clene beaſtes and all maner of clene foules⸝ and offred ſacrifyce vppon the aulter. And the LORDE ſmellyd a ſwete ſavoure and ſayd in his hert: I wyll henceforth no more curſe the erth for mannes ſake⸝ […]
Matr[euis]. Gurney, I vvonder the king dies not, / Being in a vault vp to the knees in vvater, / To vvhich the channels of the caſtell runne, / […] / Gurn[ey]. And ſo do I, Matreuis: yeſternight / I opened but the doore to throvv him meate, / And I vvas almoſt ſtifeled vvith the ſauor.
Etymology
From Middle English savour, from Anglo-Norman saveur, savor, savour, and Old French saveur, savor, savour (modern French saveur), from Latin sapor, from sapiō (“to taste of (something); to have a flavour”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-, *sep- (“to taste; to try out”)) + -or (suffix forming third-declension masculine abstract nouns). Doublet of sapor.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asvour
- saovur
- savoru
- savourr
- savuor
- savvour
- ssavour
- svaour
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of savour - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).