Sabah

[ˈsabah]

/[ˈsabah]/ name

The verdict

“Sabah” is uncommon German (frequency #77,262 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,262
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-sabah · Sabah · German

Sabah · rank #77,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,262
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH rühmte

Nearest frequency peer: rühmte (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Sabah“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sabah“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sabah
PropertyValue
HeadwordSabah
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈsabah]
Letters5
Frequency rank#77,262
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sabah“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Sabahfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „rühmte“ (#77,261), „Salinen“ (#77,263), „Sammlers“ (#77,264). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sabah“ bei #77,262. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sabah is uncommon German at frequency #77,262 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈsabah]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "malaysischer Bundesstaat".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sabah, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sabah, spelled S-A-B-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    malaysischer Bundesstaat

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Und auch Malaysias östlichste Provinz Sabah gilt immer mehr als Rückzugsraum.“

This word in other languages

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sabah"?
"Sabah" is spelled S-A-B-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsabah].
What does "Sabah" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sabah" means: malaysischer Bundesstaat
How do you pronounce "Sabah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sabah" is [ˈsabah]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sabah" come from?
"Sabah" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list