salvo

/[ˈsalβ̞o]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,426

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

salvo is anSpanishadj. It means: Que ha escapado de un peligro. Pronounced [ˈsalβ̞o]. It ranks #1,426 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sólo and sano.

Key facts for salvo
PropertyValue
Headwordsalvo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈsalβ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,426
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for salvo is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsalβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,426 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for salvo, with forms such as "aslvo", "salbo", and "sallvo". 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, "sólo", "sano", "sapo", 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 salvo, spelled S-A-L-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que ha escapado de un peligro.
  2. 2
    Que está protegido de un peligro.
  3. 3
    Que no se incluye, que se omite o exceptúa.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aslvo,salbo,sallvo,salov,salvvo,savlo,slavo,ssalvo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for salvo

Misspelling Variants of "salvo"

aslvo5salbo5sallvo6salov5salvvo6savlo5slavo5ssalvo6
Misspelling Variants of "salvo"

Frequency rank: #1,426 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salvo"?
"salvo" is spelled S-A-L-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsalβ̞o].
What does "salvo" mean?
As an adj, "salvo" means: Que ha escapado de un peligro.
What words are commonly confused with "salvo"?
"salvo" is commonly confused with "sólo", "sano", "sapo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salvo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salvo" is [ˈsalβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salvo" come from?
"salvo" 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.