sav
/ˈsæv/
The verdict
“sav” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,798 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,798
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - espécie de linguiça de porco altamente temperada
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sav |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsæv/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #65,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sav” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sav is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,798 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsæv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "espécie de linguiça de porco altamente temperada".
sav has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists 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 sav, spelled S-A-V.
Definition
- 1espécie de linguiça de porco altamente temperada
Synonyms
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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Using “sav”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-V - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.