# sav vs sly

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### sav
*noun · IPA \ˈsaw\ · frequency rank #18,316*
Position debout.

### sly
*adjective · IPA \ˈslaɪ\ · frequency rank #47,613*
Matois, malin.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/sav-vs-sly