salvar

/[salˈβ̞aɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,580

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

salvar is aSpanishverb. It means: Librar de un peligro o situación riesgosa a alguien o algo. Pronounced [salˈβ̞aɾ]. It ranks #2,580 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with salvo and solar.

Key facts for salvar
PropertyValue
Headwordsalvar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[salˈβ̞aɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,580
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for salvar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [salˈβ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,580 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for salvar, with forms such as "aslvar", "salavr", and "salbar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "salvo", "solar", "selva", 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 salvar, spelled S-A-L-V-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Librar de un peligro o situación riesgosa a alguien o algo.
  2. 2
    Esquivar, burlar o superar dificultades, contratiempos o inconvenientes.
  3. 3
    Superar un obstáculo.
  4. 4
    En la religión católica y otras religiones monoteístas afines, dar la salvación religiosa, la gloria eterna, al alma.
  5. 5
    Dejar fuera, no incluir algo o a alguien en lo restante que se menciona.
  6. 6
    Librar de una consideración más negativa.
  7. 7
    Superar un fracaso, librar de un desastre.
  8. 8
    En el ámbito jurídico, probar la inocencia de alguien, darle la libertad.
  9. 9
    Recorrer una distancia, ir de un punto a otro.
  10. 10
    Superar algo en altura a otra cosa.
  11. 11
    Guardar un archivo.
  12. 12
    Obtener buenas calificaciones escolares en un examen o curso.
  13. 13
    Poner una nota al final de un documento, para validar o invalidar correcciones y añadidos hechos en él.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aslvar,salavr,salbar,sallvar,salvarr,salvra,salvvar,savlar,slavar,ssalvar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for salvar

Misspelling Variants of "salvar"

aslvar6salavr6salbar6sallvar7salvarr7salvra6salvvar7savlar6
Misspelling Variants of "salvar"

Frequency rank: #2,580 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salvar"?
"salvar" is spelled S-A-L-V-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [salˈβ̞aɾ].
What does "salvar" mean?
As a verb, "salvar" means: Librar de un peligro o situación riesgosa a alguien o algo.
What words are commonly confused with "salvar"?
"salvar" is commonly confused with "salvo", "solar", "selva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salvar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salvar" is [salˈβ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salvar" come from?
"salvar" 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.