sábio

adj

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The verdict

“sábio” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,398. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,398
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem o poder de discernimento e julgamento em relação ao que é justo e verdadeiro

Corpus desk

Index PT-sabio · sábio · Portuguese

sábio · rank #8,398 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,398
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sudão

Nearest frequency peer: Sudão (-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 rank junto ao íman ortográfico “sábio”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “sábio” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

sábio vs são
40% similar
sábio vs sai
40% similar
sábio vs sair
40% similar

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

Key facts for sábio
PropertyValue
Headwordsábio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,398
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sábio”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).sábiocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Sudão” (#8,397), “síntese” (#8,399), “triunfo” (#8,401). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sábio” fica em #8,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around sábio, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,398 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sábio, with forms such as "sbáio", "ssábio", and "sábbio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "são", "sai", "sair", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sábio, spelled S-Á-B-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem o poder de discernimento e julgamento em relação ao que é justo e verdadeiro
  2. 2
    que tem conhecimento acadêmico em relação em algum assunto

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Além do 'Deus dos esnobes', o sábio poeta tropicalista nos mostra que a chave essencial da modernidade ainda é pensar com clareza.

This word in other languages

wise(English)sabio(Español)sage(Français)weise(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbáio
  • ssábio
  • sábbio
  • sáboi
  • sáibo
  • ásbio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sábio - 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.

sbáio2ssábio1sábbio1sáboi2sáibo2ásbio2
Edit distance from "sábio"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sábio"?
"sábio" is spelled S-Á-B-I-O.
What does "sábio" mean?
As an adjective, "sábio" means: que tem o poder de discernimento e julgamento em relação ao que é justo e verdadeiro
What words are commonly confused with "sábio"?
"sábio" is commonly confused with "são", "sai", "sair". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sábio" come from?
"sábio" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Sudão#8,397veste#8,406ronda#8,388odiar#8,367

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

arruda6 variantsbalde6 variantsbarão6 variantsberço6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list