# Slav

> English word · Noun · IPA /slɑːv/ · frequency rank #43,919

## Definitions
1. A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
2. The Slavonian grebe.

## Etymology
From Middle English Sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more. Doublet of slave and ciao. Displaced native Old English Wined.

## Easily confused with
- **SV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-sv)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-spa)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-suv)
- **sly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-sly)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-sta)
- **SLR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-slr)
- **SMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-sma)
- **SLC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-slc)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-soa)
- **SSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-ssa)
- **sov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-sov)
- **SLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-sle)
- **SNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-sna)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-stay)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-star)
- **slow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-slow)
- **slip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-slip)
- **snap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-snap)
- **soap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-soap)
- **slot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slav-vs-slot)

## Common misspellings (6)
`lsav`, `salv`, `slavv`, `sllav`, `slva`, `sslav`

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