sapan
/səˈpæn/noun
sapan is spelled S-A-P-A-N: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Sapan, the name). As a noun, sapan means “Wood of a timber tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) that also produces a red dye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sapan is sapans.
How many letters and syllables are in sapan?
| Letters | 5: S-A-P-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sapan?
Sapan appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Sapan, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sapan?
- /səˈpæn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of sapan
- sapans plural
- sappan
- sapon
- sappon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sapan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Wood of a timber tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) that also produces a red dye.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sapan come from?
From Malay sepang.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).