sálvia

/ˈsaw.vja/

//ˈsaw.vja// noun

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The verdict

“sálvia” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #57,027 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#57,027
frequency rank, Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - planta do gênero Salvia, que pertence à família das lamiáceas

Key facts for sálvia
PropertyValue
Headwordsálvia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsaw.vja/
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,027
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sálvia” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sálvia lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sálvia is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsaw.vja/. Corpus data places it at rank #57,027 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "planta do gênero Salvia, que pertence à família das lamiáceas".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sálvia, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is sálvia, spelled S-Á-L-V-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    planta do gênero Salvia, que pertence à família das lamiáceas

Synonyms

salva

This word in other languages

sage(English)salva(Español)

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 "sálvia"?
"sálvia" is spelled S-Á-L-V-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsaw.vja/.
What does "sálvia" mean?
As a noun, "sálvia" means: planta do gênero Salvia, que pertence à família das lamiáceas
How do you pronounce "sálvia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sálvia" is /ˈsaw.vja/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sálvia" come from?
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Using “sálvia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-Á-L-V-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈsaw.vja/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list