Saxofon

[ˌzaksoˈfoːn]

/[ˌzaksoˈfoːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Saxofon” is uncommon German (frequency #83,250 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,250
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Holzblasinstrument

Corpus desk

Index DE-saxofon · Saxofon · German

Saxofon · rank #83,250 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,250
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schabbat

Nearest frequency peer: Schabbat (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Saxofon“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Saxofon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Saxofon
PropertyValue
HeadwordSaxofon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌzaksoˈfoːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,250
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Saxofon“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Saxofonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schabbat“ (#83,251), „Satanismus“ (#83,248), „Schaber“ (#83,252). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Saxofon“ bei #83,250. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Saxofon is uncommon German at frequency #83,250 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌzaksoˈfoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Holzblasinstrument".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Saxofon, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 Saxofon, spelled S-A-X-O-F-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Holzblasinstrument

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Beim ersten Ton aus dem Saxofon beginnt der große Maskenball.“

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 "Saxofon"?
"Saxofon" is spelled S-A-X-O-F-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌzaksoˈfoːn].
What does "Saxofon" mean?
As a noun, "Saxofon" means: ein Holzblasinstrument
How do you pronounce "Saxofon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Saxofon" is [ˌzaksoˈfoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Saxofon" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schaber#83,252Schüben#83,283Sebnitz#83,286Rebhuhn#83,202

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list