# saga

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɑːɡə/ · frequency rank #8,724

## Definitions
1. An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
2. Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.

## Etymology
From Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).
Cognate with Old English sagu (“story, tale, statement”), Old High German saga (“an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement”), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history”), German Sage (“saga, legend, myth”). More at say; Doublet of saw.
Compare typologically Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos) (whence epos, epic) << Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”).

## Easily confused with
- **SG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sg)
- **say** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-say)
- **saw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-saw)
- **sea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sea)
- **san** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-san)
- **Sam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sam)
- **sat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sat)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-spa)
- **sap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sap)
- **sal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sal)
- **SAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sas)
- **Sao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sao)
- **sha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sha)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sta)
- **sai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sai)
- **sig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sig)
- **Sar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sar)
- **sax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sax)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sia)
- **ska** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-ska)

## Common misspellings (5)
`asga`, `saag`, `sagga`, `sgaa`, `ssaga`

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