Saz

[saːs]

/[saːs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Saz” is uncommon German (frequency #73,969 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,969
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom Balkan bis Afghanistan verbreitete Langhalslaute

Corpus desk

Index DE-saz · Saz · German

Saz · rank #73,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,969
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schalkes

Nearest frequency peer: Schalkes (+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 „Saz“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Saz
PropertyValue
HeadwordSaz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[saːs]
Letters3
Frequency rank#73,969
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Saz“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Sazfällt 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: „Schalkes“ (#73,970), „saving“ (#73,967), „santi“ (#73,965). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Saz“ bei #73,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Saz is uncommon German at frequency #73,969 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [saːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vom Balkan bis Afghanistan verbreitete Langhalslaute".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Saz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists 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 Saz, spelled S-A-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    vom Balkan bis Afghanistan verbreitete Langhalslaute

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Sie sitzt mit ihrer Saz und spielt und singt und hinter ihr die Berge von Shingal. […] Xatê sagt: Nachdem wir aus Shingal flohen, habe ich zu meinen Eltern gesagt, ich will keine Saz mehr, ich will eine Rakete.“

This word in other languages

saz(English)saz(Français)

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 "Saz"?
"Saz" is spelled S-A-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [saːs].
What does "Saz" mean?
As a noun, "Saz" means: vom Balkan bis Afghanistan verbreitete Langhalslaute
How do you pronounce "Saz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Saz" is [saːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Saz" come from?
"Saz" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rib#73,945ret#73,941psy#73,909vai#74,116

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list