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sassenach

/ˈsæs.ə.næk/noun

sassenach is spelled S-A-S-S-E-N-A-C-H: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, sassenach means “An English person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sassenach is sassenachs.

How many letters and syllables are in sassenach?

Letters9: S-A-S-S-E-N-A-C-H
In writingabout once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 sassenach?

Sassenach appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 sassenach?

  • /ˈsæs.ə.næk/
  • /ˈsas.ə.nax/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of sassenach

  • sassenachs plural
  • sasanach

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does sassenach mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    ScotlandderogatoryAn English person.

  2. 2

    ScotlandderogatoryA Lowland Scot.

noun

as Sassenach
  1. 1

    Alternative form of sassenach.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Sassenach in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanEngländer (English person), Lowlander, Tieflandschotte (Lowland Scot)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does sassenach come from?

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Sasannach (“Saxon”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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