Saxophone

[ˌzaksoˈfoːnə]

/[ˌzaksoˈfoːnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Saxophone” is uncommon German (frequency #99,029 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,029
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Saxophon

Corpus desk

Index DE-saxophone · Saxophone · German

Saxophone · rank #99,029 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,029
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH saved

Nearest frequency peer: saved (-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 „Saxophone“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Saxophone
PropertyValue
HeadwordSaxophone
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌzaksoˈfoːnə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,029
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Saxophone“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Saxophonefällt 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: „saved“ (#99,028), „schaffende“ (#99,031), „saudumm“ (#99,026). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Saxophone“ bei #99,029. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Saxophone is uncommon German at frequency #99,029 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌzaksoˈfoːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Saxophone in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Saxophone, spelled S-A-X-O-P-H-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Saxophon
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Saxophon
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Saxophon

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 "Saxophone"?
"Saxophone" is spelled S-A-X-O-P-H-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌzaksoˈfoːnə].
What does "Saxophone" mean?
As a noun, "Saxophone" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Saxophon
How do you pronounce "Saxophone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Saxophone" is [ˌzaksoˈfoːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Saxophone" come from?
"Saxophone" 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 "Saxophone", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sauberste#99,025Schlaufen#99,047Schmackes#99,052Ringmauer#98,996

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list