# san vs Saxon

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### san
*noun · IPA /ˈsæn/ · frequency rank #1,148*
An Ancient Greek letter representing /s/ (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ), originally used in some dialects instead of sigma.

### Saxon
*noun · IPA /ˈsæksən/ · frequency rank #13,417*
A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/san-vs-saxon