Sachsen
[ˈzaksn̩]
The verdict
“Sachsen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,268 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #1,268
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bundesland in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Freistaat
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sachsen is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzaksn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,268 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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.
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Using “Sachsen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-A-C-H-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzaksn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sahen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Sachsen vs sahen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.