satay
/ˈsæt.eɪ/
"satay" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“satay” is uncommon English (frequency #71,884 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,884
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | satay |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsæt.eɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “satay” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
satay is uncommon English at frequency #71,884 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsæt.eɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia.".
satay has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Malay sate (“satay”), ultimately from Tamil சதை (catai). The correct English form is satay, spelled S-A-T-A-Y.
Definition
- 1A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia.
Etymology
From Malay sate (“satay”), ultimately from Tamil சதை (catai).
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “satay”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-T-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.