# Sauron

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈsaʊ(ə)ɹɒn/ · frequency rank #34,677

## Definitions
1. The title character and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor.

## Etymology
From the Quenya name of the dark lord Sauron in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, whose name Tolkien created in his constructed language Quenya, from saura (“foul, putrid”).

## Easily confused with
- **Saxon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauron-vs-saxon)
- **Sharon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauron-vs-sharon)
- **salon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salon-vs-sauron)
- **sarin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sarin-vs-sauron)
- **saran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sauron)
- **salmon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salmon-vs-sauron)
- **Saturn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saturn-vs-sauron)
- **saloon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saloon-vs-sauron)
- **Samson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samson-vs-sauron)
- **Saigon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-sauron)
- **saffron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saffron-vs-sauron)

## Common misspellings (8)
`asuron`, `saruon`, `sauorn`, `saurno`, `sauronn`, `saurron`, `ssauron`, `suaron`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sauron