saucer
/ˈsɔː.sə/
"saucer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“saucer” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #26,955 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,955
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saucer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɔː.sə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “saucer” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for saucer is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɔː.sə/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,955 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for saucer, with forms such as "asucer", "sacuer", and "sauccer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "super", "saver", "saucy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f). The correct English form is saucer, spelled S-A-U-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
- 2An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
- 3A circular sled without runners.
- 4A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
- 5A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- 6A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Etymology
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asucer,sacuer,sauccer,saucerr,saucre,sauecr,ssaucer,suacer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saucer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “saucer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-U-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɔː.sə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “super” - see the side-by-side comparison. saucer vs super
- 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.