sair

//sɐ.ˈiɾ// verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#290

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sair is aPortugueseverb. It means: passar de dentro para fora; deixar Pronounced /sɐ.ˈiɾ/. It ranks #290 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with si and ser.

Key facts for sair
PropertyValue
Headwordsair
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/sɐ.ˈiɾ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#290
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sair in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sair is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɐ.ˈiɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #290 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for sair, with forms such as "asir", "sairr", and "sari". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "si", "ser", "são", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is sair, spelled S-A-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    passar de dentro para fora; deixar
  2. 2
    ir para fora de casa; ir à rua
  3. 3
    ir aos locais sociais da cidade na companhia de amigos
  4. 4
    caber em sorte
  5. 5
    deixar de fazer parte de
  6. 6
    transpor; arremeter; sobressair; brotar; dimanar; publicar-se
  7. 7
    obter êxito; revelar-se; reagir
  8. 8
    jogar a primeira carta em um jogo de cartas
  9. 9
    custar, ter o preço de
  10. 10
    assemelhar-se descendentemente em traço com (regência verbal com preposição: a)
  11. 11
    produzir (uma fala de caril engraçado) (com regência verbal com preposição: com)
  12. 12
    realizar encontros regulares ou frequentes como casal dentro de uma relação amorosa/conjugal

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asir,sairr,sari,siar,ssair

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sair

Misspelling Variants of "sair"

asir4sairr5sari4siar4ssair5
Misspelling Variants of "sair"

Frequency rank: #290 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sair"?
"sair" is spelled S-A-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /sɐ.ˈiɾ/.
What does "sair" mean?
As a verb, "sair" means: passar de dentro para fora; deixar
What words are commonly confused with "sair"?
"sair" is commonly confused with "si", "ser", "são". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sair"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sair" is /sɐ.ˈiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sair" come from?
"sair" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.