# sabotage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ/ · frequency rank #12,674

## Definitions
1. A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.

## Common misspellings (11)
`asbotage`, `sabbotage`, `saboatge`, `sabotaeg`, `sabotagge`, `sabotgae`, `sabottage`, `sabtoage`, `saobtage`, `sbaotage`, `ssabotage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sabotage