sauer
/'zawɐ/
The verdict
“sauer” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,223 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,223
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - azedo (também no sentido de alimento estragado)
Corpus desk
Index PT-sauer · sauer · Portuguese
sauer · rank #61,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,223
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sinuoso
Nearest frequency peer: sinuoso (+7 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “sauer”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ralé
ralé
38,813 corpus weight
- Raíssa
Raíssa
38,810 corpus weight
- sauer
sauer
38,778 corpus weight
- sinuoso
sinuoso
38,771 corpus weight
- socado
socado
38,767 corpus weight
- tama
tama
38,749 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sauer” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sauer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /'zawɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sauer” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sauer is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,223 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /'zawɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
sauer has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is sauer, spelled S-A-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1azedo (também no sentido de alimento estragado)
- 2amargo, amargurado
- 3ácido; que tem o pH menor que 7
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sauer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Milch ist sauer geworden!
Wenn Du jetzt nicht tust, was ich sage, dann werde ich sauer!
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.
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