safira

noun

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The verdict

“safira” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,022
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pedra preciosa de cor azul; variedade de corindo

Corpus desk

Index PT-safira · safira · Portuguese

safira · rank #28,022 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,022
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sagitário

Nearest frequency peer: Sagitário (+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 “safira”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “safira” 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).

safira vs sair
67% similar
safira vs saia
67% similar
safira vs saída
50% similar

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

Key facts for safira
PropertyValue
Headwordsafira
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,022
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “safira”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Sagitário” (#28,023), “sale” (#28,024), “rã” (#28,019). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “safira” fica em #28,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around safira, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,022 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for safira, with forms such as "asfira", "saffira", and "safiar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "sair", "saia", "saída", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is safira, spelled S-A-F-I-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pedra preciosa de cor azul; variedade de corindo
  2. 2
    a cor azul

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Para Richard Yu, chefe da edição de Smartfones, o celular com tela de safira demonstra a "fabricação avançada" da empresa.

This word in other languages

sapphire(English)zafiro(Español)saphir(Français)Saphir(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asfira
  • saffira
  • safiar
  • safirra
  • safria
  • saifra
  • sfaira
  • ssafira

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of safira - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asfira2saffira1safiar2safirra1safria2saifra2sfaira2ssafira1
Edit distance from "safira"

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 "safira"?
"safira" is spelled S-A-F-I-R-A.
What does "safira" mean?
As a noun, "safira" means: pedra preciosa de cor azul; variedade de corindo
What words are commonly confused with "safira"?
"safira" is commonly confused with "sair", "saia", "saída". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "safira" come from?
"safira" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soluço#28,035privar#27,982vedado#28,062olfato#27,953

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

mingau8 variantsmesada8 variantsmedium8 variantsiguaria8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list