sabot
/ˈsæbəʊ/
"sabot" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sabot” is uncommon English (frequency #88,804 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,804
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A wooden shoe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sabot · sabot · English
sabot · rank #88,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,804
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH salable
Nearest frequency peer: salable (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “sabot”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rusts
rusts
11,203 corpus weight
- Rybak
Rybak
11,201 corpus weight
- sabot
sabot
11,197 corpus weight
- salable
salable
11,196 corpus weight
- Salafism
Salafism
11,195 corpus weight
- sando
sando
11,193 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sabot” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sabot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsæbəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sabot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sabot is uncommon English at frequency #88,804 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsæbəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sabot in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Early 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta. The correct English form is sabot, spelled S-A-B-O-T.
Definition
- 1A wooden shoe.
- 2A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sabot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was a tiny little woman and wore big sabots and a big scoop.
discarding sabot
Etymology
Early 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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