sauced

/sɔːst/

//sɔːst// verb

"sauced" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sauced” is an uncommon English word, ranked #92,042 in English word frequency and used as a verb.

#92,042
frequency rank, English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of sauce

Key facts for sauced
PropertyValue
Headwordsauced
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/sɔːst/
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,042
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sauced” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sauced lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for sauced is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɔːst/. Corpus data places it at rank #92,042 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of sauce".

sauced doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is sauced, spelled S-A-U-C-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of sauce

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sauced"?
"sauced" is spelled S-A-U-C-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /sɔːst/.
What does "sauced" mean?
As a verb, "sauced" means: simple past and past participle of sauce
How do you pronounce "sauced"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sauced" is /sɔːst/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sauced" come from?
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Using “sauced”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-A-U-C-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /sɔːst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list