salvaje

/[salˈβ̞axe]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,941

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

salvaje is anSpanishadj. It means: Dícese de los animales que viven en libertad en su ambiente natural. Pronounced [salˈβ̞axe]. It ranks #4,941 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with salve and salvar.

Key facts for salvaje
PropertyValue
Headwordsalvaje
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[salˈβ̞axe]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,941
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of salvaje in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for salvaje is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [salˈβ̞axe]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,941 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for salvaje, with forms such as "aslvaje", "salavje", and "salbaje". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "salve", "salvar", "salvan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is salvaje, spelled S-A-L-V-A-J-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dícese de los animales que viven en libertad en su ambiente natural.
  2. 2
    Dícese de lo que es o actúa de forma violenta y sin control.
  3. 3
    Dícese de las plantas que crecen sin ayuda del hombre.
  4. 4
    Se decía de las personas que pertenecían a sociedades consideradas como no civilizadas desde el punto de vista europeo.
  5. 5
    Que no manifiesta buena educación.
  6. 6
    Que tiene un carácter natural no manipulado o domeñado por el hombre.
  7. 7
    Se dice del terreno difícil de transitar.
  8. 8
    Que es muy bueno.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aslvaje,salavje,salbaje,sallvaje,salvaej,salvajje,salvjae,salvvaje,savlaje,slavaje,ssalvaje

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for salvaje

Misspelling Variants of "salvaje"

aslvaje7salavje7salbaje7sallvaje8salvaej7salvajje8salvjae7salvvaje8
Misspelling Variants of "salvaje"

Frequency rank: #4,941 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salvaje"?
"salvaje" is spelled S-A-L-V-A-J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [salˈβ̞axe].
What does "salvaje" mean?
As an adj, "salvaje" means: Dícese de los animales que viven en libertad en su ambiente natural.
What words are commonly confused with "salvaje"?
"salvaje" is commonly confused with "salve", "salvar", "salvan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salvaje"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salvaje" is [salˈβ̞axe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salvaje" come from?
"salvaje" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.