Salvador

/\sal.va.dɔʁ\/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,256

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Salvador is aFrenchname. It means: Pays d’Amérique centrale, entre le Guatemala et le Honduras. Sa capitale est San Salvador. Pronounced \sal.va.dɔʁ\. Often confused with Salvatore.

Key facts for Salvador
PropertyValue
HeadwordSalvador
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\sal.va.dɔʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,256
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Salvador in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Salvador is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sal.va.dɔʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,256 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pays d’Amérique centrale, entre le Guatemala et le Honduras. Sa capitale est San Salvador.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Salvador, with forms such as "aslvador", "salavdor", and "sallvador". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Salvatore", 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 French form is Salvador, spelled S-A-L-V-A-D-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pays d’Amérique centrale, entre le Guatemala et le Honduras. Sa capitale est San Salvador.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aslvador,salavdor,sallvador,salvaddor,salvadorr,salvadro,salvaodr,salvdaor,salvvador,savlador,slavador,ssalvador

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Salvador

Misspelling Variants of "Salvador"

aslvador8salavdor8sallvador9salvaddor9salvadorr9salvadro8salvaodr8salvdaor8
Misspelling Variants of "Salvador"

Frequency rank: #13,256 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Salvador"?
"Salvador" is spelled S-A-L-V-A-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sal.va.dɔʁ\.
What does "Salvador" mean?
As a name, "Salvador" means: Pays d’Amérique centrale, entre le Guatemala et le Honduras. Sa capitale est San Salvador.
What words are commonly confused with "Salvador"?
"Salvador" is commonly confused with "Salvatore". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Salvador"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Salvador" is \sal.va.dɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Salvador" come from?
"Salvador" is a French 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.