Sachsen
[ˈzaksn̩]
The verdict
“Sachsen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,268. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,268
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bundesland in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Freistaat
Corpus desk
Index DE-sachsen · Sachsen · German
Sachsen · rank #1,268 · 11 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,268
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Quelle
Nearest frequency peer: Quelle (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Sachsen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mitglied
Mitglied
98,736 corpus weight
- naja
naja
98,735 corpus weight
- Quelle
Quelle
98,734 corpus weight
- Sachsen
Sachsen
98,733 corpus weight
- Studie
Studie
98,732 corpus weight
- Tages
Tages
98,731 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sachsen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sachsen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaksn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sachsen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Sachsen (IPA [ˈzaksn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,268 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sachsen, with forms such as "aschsen", "sacchsen", and "sachesn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "sahen", "suchen", "schien", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sachsen, spelled S-A-C-H-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Bundesland in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Freistaat
- 2historisches Land in Deutschland, ehemaliges Kurfürstentum, ehemaliges Königreich
- 3Herzogtum Sachsen
- 4Stammesgebiet des westgermanischen Volksstamms der Sachsen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sachsen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dresden ist die Hauptstadt Sachsens.
„Sachsen […] hat nur 0,2 Prozent der Landesfläche für Windparks freigegeben, und in Bayern sind sogar nur 0,1 Prozent.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aschsen
- sacchsen
- sachesn
- sachhsen
- sachsenn
- sachsne
- sachssen
- sacshen
- sahcsen
- scahsen
- ssachsen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sachsen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sachsen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Sachsen". Here's where to go from here.
- "Sachsen" maps to 16 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "sahen". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,268 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.