savoir
/sa.vwaʁ/
The verdict
“savoir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,403 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,403
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - saber
Corpus desk
Index PT-savoir · savoir · Portuguese
savoir · rank #59,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,403
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH serro
Nearest frequency peer: serro (+8 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 “savoir”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- riba
riba
40,619 corpus weight
- ribanceira
ribanceira
40,618 corpus weight
- savoir
savoir
40,598 corpus weight
- serro
serro
40,590 corpus weight
- shaman
shaman
40,586 corpus weight
- sovaco
sovaco
40,577 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “savoir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | savoir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sa.vwaʁ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “savoir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
savoir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,403 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sa.vwaʁ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for savoir in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is savoir, spelled S-A-V-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1saber
- 2erudição
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).