Sasquatch

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The verdict

“Sasquatch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - legendenhaftes Wesen mit riesigen Füßen, einer beträchtlichen Größe und starker Fellbehaarung, welches sich in Nordamerika befinden soll

Corpus desk

Index DE-sasquatch · Sasquatch · German

Sasquatch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Sasquatch
PropertyValue
HeadwordSasquatch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sasquatch“ im Deutschen

Sasquatchschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sasquatch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "legendenhaftes Wesen mit riesigen Füßen, einer beträchtlichen Größe und starker Fellbehaarung, welches sich in Nordamerika befinden soll".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sasquatch, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Sasquatch, spelled S-A-S-Q-U-A-T-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    legendenhaftes Wesen mit riesigen Füßen, einer beträchtlichen Größe und starker Fellbehaarung, welches sich in Nordamerika befinden soll

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Im Juli 1884 meldete sogar eine Zeitung in British Columbia, dass ein Sasquatch gefangen genommen und an einen Zirkus verkauft worden sei.“
  2. „Die meisten haben sich gedacht, dass Wölfe oder Wildhunde sie auf dem Gewissen haben. Andere tippen auf ’n Sasquash oder so was in der Art.“

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sasquatch"?
"Sasquatch" is spelled S-A-S-Q-U-A-T-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Sasquatch" mean?
As a noun, "Sasquatch" means: legendenhaftes Wesen mit riesigen Füßen, einer beträchtlichen Größe und starker Fellbehaarung, welches sich in Nordamerika befinden soll
How do you pronounce "Sasquatch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sasquatch" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sasquatch" come from?
"Sasquatch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list