sabor
/sɐ.ˈboɾ/
The verdict
“sabor” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,595
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sensação gustativa
Corpus desk
Index PT-sabor · sabor · Portuguese
sabor · rank #4,595 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,595
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH resenha
Nearest frequency peer: resenha (-4 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 “sabor”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- raro
raro
95,413 corpus weight
- relevante
relevante
95,411 corpus weight
- resenha
resenha
95,410 corpus weight
- sabor
sabor
95,406 corpus weight
- Suíça
Suíça
95,401 corpus weight
- tomé
tomé
95,399 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sabor” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese 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 | sabor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɐ.ˈboɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “sabor” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around sabor (IPA /sɐ.ˈboɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,595 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sabor, with forms such as "asbor", "sabbor", and "saborr". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "são", "sair", "saco", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is sabor, spelled S-A-B-O-R.
Definition
- 1sensação gustativa
- 2gosto; paladar
- 3caráter; gênero; graça; capricho; natureza
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sabor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eu era muito comilão e, sem me dar conta, acho que já estava testando novos sabores e combinações exóticas, como bananas com terra.
As cervejas alemãs e belgas, consideradas as melhores em sabor e qualidade, lideram a preferência de quem migrou para as importadas nos últimos dois anos, em detrimento das mexicanas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asbor
- sabbor
- saborr
- sabro
- saobr
- sbaor
- ssabor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sabor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sabor", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "sabor". Here's where to go from here.
- "sabor" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "são". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,595 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.