sair
/sɐ.ˈiɾ/
The verdict
“sair” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #290 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #290
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - passar de dentro para fora; deixar
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 | sair |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sɐ.ˈiɾ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sair” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sair is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sair, with forms such as "asir", "sairr", and "sari". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is sair, spelled S-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1passar de dentro para fora; deixar
- 2ir para fora de casa; ir à rua
- 3ir aos locais sociais da cidade na companhia de amigos
- 4caber em sorte
- 5deixar de fazer parte de
- 6transpor; arremeter; sobressair; brotar; dimanar; publicar-se
- 7obter êxito; revelar-se; reagir
- 8jogar a primeira carta em um jogo de cartas
- 9custar, ter o preço de
- 10assemelhar-se descendentemente em traço com (regência verbal com preposição: a)
- 11produzir (uma fala de caril engraçado) (com regência verbal com preposição: com)
- 12realizar encontros regulares ou frequentes como casal dentro de uma relação amorosa/conjugal
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asir,sairr,sari,siar,ssair
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sair - 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.
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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Using “sair”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɐ.ˈiɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “si” - see the side-by-side comparison. sair vs si
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.