Sakai

noun

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"sakai" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Sakai” is uncommon English (frequency #53,220 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,220
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a certain people of Malaya.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sakai · Sakai · English

Sakai · rank #53,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,220
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Samira

Nearest frequency peer: Samira (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “Sakai”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Sakai” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sakai
PropertyValue
HeadwordSakai
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Sakai” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Sakaifalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Samira” (#53,221), “rotisserie” (#53,218), “sanded” (#53,222). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Sakai” is #53,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sakai is uncommon English at frequency #53,220 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a certain people of Malaya.".

Sakai doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Malay Sakai. The correct English form is Sakai, spelled S-A-K-A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    A member of a certain people of Malaya.

Etymology

From Malay Sakai.

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 "Sakai"?
"Sakai" is spelled S-A-K-A-I.
What does "Sakai" mean?
As a noun, "Sakai" means: A member of a certain people of Malaya.
What is the origin of the word "Sakai"?
From Malay Sakai. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sakai", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sayer#53,227scrim#53,230Selim#53,235rasta#53,198

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list