# saliva

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA [sa.ˈli.va], Plural: [sa.ˈli.vas] · frequency rank #16,390

## Definitions
1. secreção das glândulas salivares que auxilia na mastigação dos alimentos

## Easily confused with
- **salvo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saliva-vs-salvo)
- **salva** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saliva-vs-salva)
- **selva** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saliva-vs-selva)
- **salsa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saliva-vs-salsa)
- **seiva** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saliva-vs-seiva)
- **salvar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saliva-vs-salvar)
- **sátira** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saliva-vs-satira)
- **sílica** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saliva-vs-silica)
- **sanita** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saliva-vs-sanita)
- **saraiva** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saliva-vs-saraiva)
- **sala** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sala-vs-saliva)
- **saia** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saia-vs-saliva)
- **saída** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/saida-vs-saliva)
- **sabiá** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sabia-vs-saliva)
- **salada** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/salada-vs-saliva)
- **safira** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/safira-vs-saliva)
- **salina** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/salina-vs-saliva)

## Common misspellings (8)
`asliva`, `sailva`, `saliav`, `salivva`, `salliva`, `salvia`, `slaiva`, `ssaliva`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/saliva