Which to use
“sábio” and “salvo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,398
- “sábio” frequency rank
- #4,020
- “salvo” frequency rank
- 12418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sábio | salvo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem o poder de discernimento e julgamento em relação ao que é justo e verdadeiro | livre de perigo, seguro |
Letter map: sábio vs salvo
Shared letters muted; letters that set sábio and salvo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sábio (CVCVV) and salvo (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Pair insight - sábio / salvo
sábio and salvo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sábio is recorded at frequency rank #8,398, classified as anadj. salvo is at rank #4,020, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈsaɫ.vu/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 12418, this pair ranks #60,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sábio vs salvo
Shared letters: os. Private to "sábio": biá. Private to "salvo": alv.
"sábio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "salvo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- salvo ← aslvo · sallvo · salov · salvvo · savlo · slavo · ssalvo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sábio" for "salvo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sábio" or "salvo"?
Useful next steps
Pair "sábio" vs "salvo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sábio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "salvo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sábio" and "salvo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sábio vs sacro". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #60,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.