# saddle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsædl̩/ · frequency rank #10,763

## Definitions
1. A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
2. A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
3. A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
4. A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
5. A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
6. A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
7. A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
8. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
9. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
10. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
11. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
12. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
13. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
14. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
15. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
16. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
17. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
18. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
19. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
20. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
21. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
22. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
23. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
24. A timeslot between two popular programmes, in which another programme can be scheduled to encourage people to watch it.

## Etymology
From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz (“saddle”). Further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sod-dʰlo-, from *sed- (“to sit”) + *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting instruments or tools)), though the Oxford English Dictionary says this “presents formal difficulties”.
Cognates
* Danish sadel
* Dutch zadel
* German Sattel
* Icelandic söðull
* Low German Sadel
* Russian седло́ (sedló)
* Saterland Frisian Soadel
* Scots sadil
* Swedish sadel
* West Frisian seal

## Easily confused with
- **sale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddle-vs-sale)
- **sade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddle-vs-sade)
- **sadly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddle-vs-sadly)
- **Sadie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddle-vs-sadie)
- **salle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddle-vs-salle)
- **sample** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddle-vs-sample)
- **saddled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddle-vs-saddled)
- **straddle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddle-vs-straddle)
- **sable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sable-vs-saddle)
- **Saddam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddam-vs-saddle)
- **sadder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadder-vs-saddle)

## Common misspellings (7)
`asddle`, `saddel`, `saddlle`, `sadlde`, `sadle`, `sdadle`, `ssaddle`

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