salvo

[ˈsalβ̞o]

/[ˈsalβ̞o]/ adj

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The verdict

“salvo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,426
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que ha escapado de un peligro.

Corpus desk

Index ES-salvo · salvo · Spanish

salvo · rank #1,426 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,426
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH representa

Nearest frequency peer: representa (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “salvo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “salvo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

salvo vs sólo
60% similar
salvo vs sano
60% similar
salvo vs sapo
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “salvo”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).salvocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “representa” (#1,425), “sábado” (#1,427), “reina” (#1,424). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “salvo” va en #1,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around salvo (IPA [ˈsalβ̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,426 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for salvo, with forms such as "aslvo", "salbo", and "sallvo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is salvo, spelled S-A-L-V-O.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how salvo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Estar sano y salvo.
  2. Le va bien en todos los ramos salvas las matemáticas.

Synonyms

ilesoincólumesanoindemneintactosalvadoprotegidoresguardadocubiertoseguroexceptuaromitir

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aslvo
  • salbo
  • sallvo
  • salov
  • salvvo
  • savlo
  • slavo
  • ssalvo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of salvo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aslvo2salbo1sallvo1salov2salvvo1savlo2slavo2ssalvo1
Edit distance from "salvo"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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 adjective, "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "salvo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reina#1,424quizá#1,422áreas#1,433hagan#1,413

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

tierras8 variantsaltura8 variantsestará8 variantsdejado8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list