saki
/ˈsæki/noun
saki is spelled S-A-K-I: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, saki means “Alternative spelling of saké (“rice wine”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saki is sakis.
How many letters and syllables are in saki?
| Letters | 4: S-A-K-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is saki?
Saki appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce saki?
- US /ˈsæki/
- US /ˈsɑki/
Saki has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-The_editor_2345-Saki-2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-The_editor_2345-Saki.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with saki?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as saki from its last stressed vowel (/æki/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sika.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of saki
- sakis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saki mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of saké (“rice wine”).
- 2
Any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia with large ears and a long hairy tail that is not prehensile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does saki come from?
Compare French saki and Portuguese saki, ultimately probably from a Tupian name sagui, compare sagoin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).