# Savoy

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /səˈvɔɪ/ · frequency rank #25,918

## Definitions
1. A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland.
2. A former duchy existing from 1416 to 1847, whose maximal extent included parts of modern southeastern France, northwestern Italy, and southwestern Switzerland; in full, Duchy of Savoy.
3. Alternative form of Savoie: A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

## Etymology
From French Savoy, Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia. See sappinus (“type of fir”).

## Easily confused with
- **say** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savoy-vs-say)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savoy-vs-soy)
- **Saxon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savoy-vs-saxon)
- **savvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savoy-vs-savvy)
- **Saxony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/savoy-vs-saxony)
- **Sao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sao-vs-savoy)
- **sav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sav-vs-savoy)
- **save** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-savoy)
- **Sato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sato-vs-savoy)
- **saved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saved-vs-savoy)
- **sandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandy-vs-savoy)
- **sadly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadly-vs-savoy)
- **saves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saves-vs-savoy)
- **sally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sally-vs-savoy)
- **salon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salon-vs-savoy)
- **salty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salty-vs-savoy)
- **Sammy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sammy-vs-savoy)
- **Samoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-savoy)
- **saver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saver-vs-savoy)
- **sassy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sassy-vs-savoy)

## Common misspellings (7)
`asvoy`, `saovy`, `savoyy`, `savvoy`, `savyo`, `ssavoy`, `svaoy`

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