sacre
/ˈseɪkɚ/
"sacre" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sacre” is uncommon English (frequency #62,470 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,470
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To consecrate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sacre · sacre · English
sacre · rank #62,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,470
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sakhalin
Nearest frequency peer: Sakhalin (+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 “sacre”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ROV
ROV
37,536 corpus weight
- ruffian
ruffian
37,534 corpus weight
- sacre
sacre
37,531 corpus weight
- Sakhalin
Sakhalin
37,530 corpus weight
- Sanhedrin
Sanhedrin
37,528 corpus weight
- Santini
Santini
37,526 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sacre” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sacre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈseɪkɚ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sacre” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sacre is uncommon English at frequency #62,470 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈseɪkɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To consecrate.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sacre, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), from Old French sacrer (“to hallow, consecrate, anoint, dedicate”), from Latin sacrō (“to make sacred, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós (“sacred”), fro… The correct English form is sacre, spelled S-A-C-R-E.
Definition
- 1To consecrate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sacre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
c.''' 1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe), Exodus 28:41, And thou schalt clothe Aaron, thi brother, with alle these, and hise sones with hym. And thou schalt sacre the hondis of alle; and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in preesthood to me.
And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.
Etymology
From Middle English sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), from Old French sacrer (“to hallow, consecrate, anoint, dedicate”), from Latin sacrō (“to make sacred, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós (“sacred”), from *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).
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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