# sag

> English word · Noun · IPA /sæɡ/ · frequency rank #21,052

## Definitions
1. The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
2. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
3. The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
4. A place where the surface (of a seat, the earth, etc) sinks or droops, like a depression or a dip in a ridge.

## Etymology
From late Middle English saggen, probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”).
Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).

## Easily confused with
- **so** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-so)
- **se** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-se)
- **SC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sc)
- **SI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-si)
- **SS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-ss)
- **SP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sp)
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-su)
- **SD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sd)
- **sf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sf)
- **sh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sh)
- **SM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sm)
- **SB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sb)
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sw)
- **SL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sl)
- **SG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sg)
- **SK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sk)
- **SV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sv)
- **SJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sj)
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-sy)
- **she** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sag-vs-she)

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