salvar

//saɫ.ˈvaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,865

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

salvar is aPortugueseverb. It means: retirar de situação perigosa Pronounced /saɫ.ˈvaɾ/. It ranks #1,865 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with salvo and selva.

Key facts for salvar
PropertyValue
Headwordsalvar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/saɫ.ˈvaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,865
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for salvar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /saɫ.ˈvaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,865 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for salvar, with forms such as "aslvar", "salavr", and "sallvar". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "salvo", "selva", "selar", 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 salvar, spelled S-A-L-V-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    retirar de situação perigosa
  2. 2
    liberar do poder do pecado e do mal
  3. 3
    gravar (arquivo)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aslvar,salavr,sallvar,salvarr,salvra,salvvar,savlar,slavar,ssalvar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for salvar

Misspelling Variants of "salvar"

aslvar6salavr6sallvar7salvarr7salvra6salvvar7savlar6slavar6
Misspelling Variants of "salvar"

Frequency rank: #1,865 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salvar"?
"salvar" is spelled S-A-L-V-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /saɫ.ˈvaɾ/.
What does "salvar" mean?
As a verb, "salvar" means: retirar de situação perigosa
What words are commonly confused with "salvar"?
"salvar" is commonly confused with "salvo", "selva", "selar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salvar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salvar" is /saɫ.ˈvaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salvar" come from?
"salvar" 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.