# sabre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈseɪ.bə/ · frequency rank #28,350

## Definitions
1. A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
2. A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **Sar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sar)
- **same** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-same)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sure)
- **save** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-save)
- **safe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-safe)
- **sale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sale)
- **sake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sake)
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sore)
- **Sara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sara)
- **sage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sage)
- **sane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sane)
- **sire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sire)
- **sari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sari)
- **SARS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sars)
- **sade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sade)
- **Sark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sark)
- **Sadr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sadr)
- **sate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sate)
- **share** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-share)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-store)

## Common misspellings (6)
`asbre`, `sabbre`, `sabrre`, `sarbe`, `sbare`, `ssabre`

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