salva-vidas
The verdict
“salva-vidas” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se da embarcação, boia ou aparelho destinado ao salvamento de náufragos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salva-vidas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salva-vidas” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salva-vidas is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se da embarcação, boia ou aparelho destinado ao salvamento de náufragos".
salva-vidas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is salva-vidas, spelled S-A-L-V-A---V-I-D-A-S.
Definition
- 1diz-se da embarcação, boia ou aparelho destinado ao salvamento de náufragos
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “salva-vidas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-L-V-A---V-I-D-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.