sagebrush
/ˈseɪd͡ʒˌbɹʌʃ/
"sagebrush" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sagebrush” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,608. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,608
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sagebrush |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈseɪd͡ʒˌbɹʌʃ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sagebrush” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around sagebrush (IPA /ˈseɪd͡ʒˌbɹʌʃ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,608 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sagebrush, with forms such as "asgebrush", "saegbrush", and "sagberush". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sage + brush, from resemblance in odor and appearance to Salvia officinalis. The correct English form is sagebrush, spelled S-A-G-E-B-R-U-S-H.
Definition
- 1Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.
Etymology
From sage + brush, from resemblance in odor and appearance to Salvia officinalis.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asgebrush
- saegbrush
- sagberush
- sagebbrush
- sagebrrush
- sagebrsuh
- sagebruhs
- sagebrushh
- sagebrussh
- sagebursh
- sagerbush
- saggebrush
- sgaebrush
- ssagebrush
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sagebrush - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “sagebrush”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-G-E-B-R-U-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈseɪd͡ʒˌbɹʌʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.