Sasha

Name: Sasha, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Sasha” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,749. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,749
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - englischer weiblicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-sasha · Sasha · German

Sasha · rank #30,749 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #30,749
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH salzen

Nearest frequency peer: salzen (-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.

rundherum

69,255
Rückschritt

69,254
salzen

69,253
Sasha

69,252
Schallplatte

69,251
Scheffel

69,250

What this shows „Sasha“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Sasha vs sha

60% similar

Sasha vs sass

40% similar

Sasha vs Sauna

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Sasha
Property	Value
Headword	Sasha
Language	German
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	[…]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#30,749
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sasha“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Sashaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#30,749

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „salzen“ (#30,748), „Schallplatte“ (#30,750), „Rückschritt“ (#30,747). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sasha“ bei #30,749. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Sasha (IPA […]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,749 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sasha, with forms such as "assha", "sahsa", and "sasah". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sha", "sass", "Sauna", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Sasha, spelled S-A-S-H-A.

Definition

1
englischer weiblicher Vorname
2
Sasha ist die englische Schreibweise von Саша (Saša^☆) ^(→ ru), der russischen Koseform von Александр (Aleksandr^☆) ^(→ ru) und Александра (Aleksandra^☆) ^(→ ru). Als ein eigenständiger Name wurde Sasha in die englischsprachige Welt in den 1920er-Jahren über Frankreich eingeführt. Die Verwendung als Name für Mädchen wurde vor allem durch den für weibliche Vornamen charakteristischen Auslaut auf -a befördert.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Sasha was moved to tears when Danilo proposed to her.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

assha
sahsa
sasah
sashha
sassha
ssaha
ssasha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sasha - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "Sasha"

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 "Sasha"?

"Sasha" is spelled S-A-S-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].

What does "Sasha" mean?

As a proper noun, "Sasha" means: englischer weiblicher Vorname

What words are commonly confused with "Sasha"?

"Sasha" is commonly confused with "sha", "sass", "Sauna". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Sasha"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sasha" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Sasha" come from?

"Sasha" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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