sabre
sa·bre/ˈseɪ.bɚ/noun, verb
sabre is spelled S-A-B-R-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables (sa·bre). It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “saber vs sabre” about 1,000 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, sabre means “A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sabre is sabres.
How many letters and syllables are in sabre?
| Letters | 5: S-A-B-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sa·bre |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sabre?
Sabre appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sabre?
- UK /ˈseɪ.bə/
- US /ˈseɪ.bɚ/
Sabre has 2 syllables, split sa·bre in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sabre.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sabre
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: saber.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with sabre?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sabre from its last stressed vowel (/eɪbəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: saber, barse.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sabre
- sabres plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- saber US
- sabring participle, present
- sabred participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sabre mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUKA light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
- 2
CanadaUKA modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
verb
- 1
CanadaUKTo strike or kill with a sabre.
- 2
CanadaUKTo open (a bottle) via sabrage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sabre in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sabre come from?
Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).