salva

/ˈsaɫ.vɐ/

//ˈsaɫ.vɐ// noun

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The verdict

“salva” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,180
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta das labiadas do género Salvia

Corpus desk

Index PT-salva · salva · Portuguese

salva · rank #4,180 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,180
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH retrato

Nearest frequency peer: retrato (-2 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 “salva”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “salva” 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).

salva vs save
60% similar
salva vs sela
60% similar
salva vs sama
60% similar

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

Key facts for salva
PropertyValue
Headwordsalva
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsaɫ.vɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,180
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “salva”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.salvacai 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 “retrato” (#4,178), “Simon” (#4,182), “sintomas” (#4,183). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “salva” fica em #4,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around salva (IPA /ˈsaɫ.vɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,180 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for salva, with forms such as "aslva", "salav", and "sallva". 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, "save", "sela", "sama", 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. The correct Portuguese form is salva, spelled S-A-L-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    planta das labiadas do género Salvia
  2. 2
    conjunto de tiros disparados por canhões
  3. 3
    conjunto de sons, palavras, etc, repetidos rapidamente

Synonyms

sálvia

This word in other languages

salva(Español)salve(Français)Salve(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aslva
  • salav
  • sallva
  • salvva
  • savla
  • slava
  • ssalva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of salva - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aslva2salav2sallva1salvva1savla2slava2ssalva1
Edit distance from "salva"

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 "salva"?
"salva" is spelled S-A-L-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsaɫ.vɐ/.
What does "salva" mean?
As a noun, "salva" means: planta das labiadas do género Salvia
What words are commonly confused with "salva"?
"salva" is commonly confused with "save", "sela", "sama". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salva" is /ˈsaɫ.vɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salva" come from?
"salva" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Simon#4,182suave#4,184tento#4,187largo#4,157

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

febre7 variantsbraga7 variantsCésar7 variantsfator7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list