# sausage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #9,668

## Definitions
1. A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing.
2. An individual item of this food.
3. A sausage-shaped thing.
4. A penis.
5. A term of endearment.
6. A saucisse.
7. A dachshund; sausage dog.
8. Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”).

## Etymology
From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh.

## Easily confused with
- **savage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sausage-vs-savage)
- **salvage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salvage-vs-sausage)

## Common misspellings (9)
`asusage`, `sasuage`, `sauasge`, `sausaeg`, `sausagge`, `sausgae`, `saussage`, `ssausage`, `suasage`

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