saudar

verb

The verdict

“saudar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,891. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,891
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cumprimentar

Corpus desk

Index PT-saudar · saudar · Portuguese

saudar · rank #26,891 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,891
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH scanner

Nearest frequency peer: scanner (+1 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 “saudar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “saudar” 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).

saudar vs suar
67% similar
saudar vs saúde
50% similar
saudar vs Sudão
33% similar

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

Key facts for saudar
PropertyValue
Headwordsaudar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,891
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “saudar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.saudarcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “scanner” (#26,892), “selar” (#26,893), “rodagem” (#26,886). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “saudar” fica em #26,891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around saudar, averb. Corpus frequency is #26,891 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for saudar, with forms such as "asudar", "saduar", and "sauadr". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "suar", "saúde", "Sudão", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is saudar, spelled S-A-U-D-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    cumprimentar
  2. 2
    demonstrar respeito ou adesão a

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how saudar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. E o saudavam dizendo: Salve rei dos judeus!

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asudar
  • saduar
  • sauadr
  • saudarr
  • sauddar
  • saudra
  • ssaudar
  • suadar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saudar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asudar2saduar2sauadr2saudarr1sauddar1saudra2ssaudar1suadar2
Edit distance from "saudar"

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 "saudar"?
"saudar" is spelled S-A-U-D-A-R.
What does "saudar" mean?
As a verb, "saudar" means: cumprimentar
What words are commonly confused with "saudar"?
"saudar" is commonly confused with "suar", "saúde", "Sudão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "saudar" come from?
"saudar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list