saborear

/sɐ.bu.ˈɾjaɾ/

//sɐ.bu.ˈɾjaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“saborear” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,449
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - provar

Corpus desk

Index PT-saborear · saborear · Portuguese

saborear · rank #24,449 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,449
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sacudir

Nearest frequency peer: sacudir (+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 “saborear”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “saborear” 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).

saborear vs sabotar
75% similar
saborear vs subornar
75% similar

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

Key facts for saborear
PropertyValue
Headwordsaborear
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/sɐ.bu.ˈɾjaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,449
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “saborear”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).saborearcai 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 “sacudir” (#24,450), “rider” (#24,447), “sarcástico” (#24,452). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “saborear” fica em #24,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around saborear (IPA /sɐ.bu.ˈɾjaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,449 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for saborear, with forms such as "asborear", "sabborear", and "saboerar". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sabotar", "subornar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is saborear, spelled S-A-B-O-R-E-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    provar
  2. 2
    tomar o sabor de
  3. 3
    comer com prazer
  4. 4
    apreciar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Espera! ... ... ... Deixa eu saborear esse momento, ..., pronto, continue.

This word in other languages

relish(English)schmecken(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asborear
  • sabborear
  • saboerar
  • saboraer
  • saborearr
  • saborera
  • saborrear
  • sabroear
  • saobrear
  • sbaorear
  • ssaborear

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asborear2sabborear1saboerar2saboraer2saborearr1saborera2saborrear1sabroear2
Edit distance from "saborear"

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 "saborear"?
"saborear" is spelled S-A-B-O-R-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /sɐ.bu.ˈɾjaɾ/.
What does "saborear" mean?
As a verb, "saborear" means: provar
What words are commonly confused with "saborear"?
"saborear" is commonly confused with "sabotar", "subornar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saborear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saborear" is /sɐ.bu.ˈɾjaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saborear" come from?
"saborear" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

possuído#24,428versátil#24,489Nagasaki#24,404molhados#24,399

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

landing11 variantsarquivar11 variantsaspiração11 variantscalvário11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list