sacrosanct

Name: sacrosanct, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/

//ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“sacrosanct” is uncommon English (frequency #57,693 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,693
frequency rank, English: 54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.

Key facts for sacrosanct
Property	Value
Headword	sacrosanct
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#57,693
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sacrosanct” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sacrosanct lands here:

#57,693

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sacrosanct is uncommon English at frequency #57,693 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sacrosanct, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin sacrōsānctus. The correct English form is sacrosanct, spelled S-A-C-R-O-S-A-N-C-T.

Definition

1
Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.
2
Sacred, very holy.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sacrōsānctus.

Synonyms

inviolable sacred sacrosanct

Antonyms

unsacred violable

This word in other languages

sacrosanto(Español)sacro-saint(Français)sakrosankt(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacrosanct"?

"sacrosanct" is spelled S-A-C-R-O-S-A-N-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/.

What does "sacrosanct" mean?

As an adjective, "sacrosanct" means: Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.

How do you pronounce "sacrosanct"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacrosanct" is /ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "sacrosanct"?

Learned borrowing from Latin sacrōsānctus. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “sacrosanct”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is S-A-C-R-O-S-A-N-C-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.