sav
\ˈsaw\
The verdict
“sav” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,316) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #18,316
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Position debout.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sav · sav · French
sav · rank #18,316 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,316
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH rêvait
Nearest frequency peer: rêvait (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sav”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- régence
régence
81,687 corpus weight
- rêvait
rêvait
81,686 corpus weight
- sav
sav
81,685 corpus weight
- save
save
81,684 corpus weight
- scénaristes
scénaristes
81,683 corpus weight
- septentrion…
septentrionale
81,682 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sav” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sav |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsaw\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #18,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “sav” se place dans la fréquence du français
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for sav is neighbouring look-alikes ("se", "si", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ˈsaw\. Frequency #18,316 among 6,032 “S” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
sav doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "se", "si", "st", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sav, spelled S-A-V.
Definition
- 1Position debout.
- 2Levée, remblai, élévation, hauteur.
- 3Montée.
- 4Débouché commercial, parti (personne à marier).
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "sav" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "se". View pair
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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.