sat
/sæt/adjective, noun, verb
sat is spelled S-A-T: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 44 times per million words in written English, the 2,290th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sat means “Abbreviation of satisfactory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sat?
| Letters | 3: S-A-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 44 times per million words; the 2,290th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 sat?
Sat appears 44 times per million words in written English, the 2,290th 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 sat?
- /sæt/
Sat has one syllable (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)-Pvanp7-sat.wav, En-us-sat.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sat?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sat.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sta, ast, tas.
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 sat
- more sat comparative
- most sat superlative
- sats plural
- more sat. comparative
- most sat. superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of satisfactory.
- 2
Abbreviation of satisfied.
- 3
Abbreviation of saturated.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of satellite (“artificial orbital body”).
- 2
Abbreviation of satori (“a mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males)”).
- 3
Abbreviation of satoshi (“a hundred-millionth of a bitcoin”).
- 4
Level of saturation (especially of oxygen in the blood).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of sit
I sat in the middle of the park.
noun
- 1
Initialism of surface air temperature.
- 2
USEllipsis of SAT Reasoning Test, formerly an acronym for Scholastic Assessment Test and (originally) Scholastic Aptitude Test: a national exam taken annually by high school juniors and seniors.
take the SAT
- 3
UKThe National Curriculum assessment, formerly called (either officially or unofficially) by names including the Statutory Assessment Test and the Standard Attainment Test.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of Saturday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sat in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abbreviation of Saturday:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sam. |
| German | Sa. |
| Portuguese | sáb |
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 sat come from?
Clippings.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).