saber
/sɐ.ˈbeɾ/
The verdict
“saber” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #217 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #217
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - conhecimento; aquilo que se sabe
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 | saber |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɐ.ˈbeɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “saber” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for saber is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɐ.ˈbeɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #217 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "conhecimento; aquilo que se sabe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for saber, with forms such as "asber", "sabber", and "saberr". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "ser", "sair", "save", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is saber, spelled S-A-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1conhecimento; aquilo que se sabe
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asber,sabber,saberr,sabre,saebr,sbaer,ssaber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saber - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “saber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɐ.ˈbeɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ser” - see the side-by-side comparison. saber vs ser
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.