Sabotage
[ˌzaboˈtaːʒə]
The verdict
“Sabotage” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #25,294 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,294
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Verborgenen betriebene, planmäßige Beschädigung, Wegnahme oder Zerstörung von Gegenständen und/oder Bestandteilen einer Infrastruktur, die der Aufrechterhaltung dieser Ordnung dienen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sabotage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌzaboˈtaːʒə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sabotage” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sabotage is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌzaboˈtaːʒə]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,294 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "im Verborgenen betriebene, planmäßige Beschädigung, Wegnahme oder Zerstörung von Gegenständen und/oder Bestandteilen einer Infrastruktur, die der Aufrechterhaltung dieser Ordnung dienen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sabotage, with forms such as "asbotage", "sabbotage", and "saboatge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sabotage, spelled S-A-B-O-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1im Verborgenen betriebene, planmäßige Beschädigung, Wegnahme oder Zerstörung von Gegenständen und/oder Bestandteilen einer Infrastruktur, die der Aufrechterhaltung dieser Ordnung dienen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asbotage,sabbotage,saboatge,sabotaeg,sabotagge,sabotgae,sabottage,sabtoage,saobtage,sbaotage,ssabotage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sabotage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Sabotage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-A-B-O-T-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌzaboˈtaːʒə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.