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Saxon

/ˈsæksən/noun, adjective

Saxon is spelled S-A-X-O-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Saxon means “A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Saxon is Saxons.

How many letters and syllables are in Saxon?

Letters5: S-A-X-O-N
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Saxon?

Saxon appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Saxon?

  • /ˈsæksən/

Saxon has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Saxon.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of Saxon

  • Saxons plural
  • more Saxon comparative
  • most Saxon superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Saxon mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.

  2. 2

    A native or inhabitant of Saxony, Germany.

  3. 3

    IrelandAn English/British person.

  4. 4

    USdatedrareA size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.

  5. 5

    A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxons.

  2. 2

    Of, from or relating to Saxony, Germany.

  3. 3

    Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.

  4. 4

    IrelandOf, relating to, or characteristic of England, typically as opposed to a Celtic nationality.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Saxon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanSachse (member of Saxon tribe), Sächsin (native or inhabitant of Saxony), Non Plus Ultra, Viertelpetit (2-point type), sächsisch (of Saxons, Saxony or Saxon language)
Portuguesesaxão, saxônio, saxônico (member of Saxon tribe)
Spanishsajón (member of Saxon tribe), sajona (native or inhabitant of Saxony)
FrenchSaxon, Saxonne (native or inhabitant of Saxony), saxon (of Saxons, Saxony or Saxon language)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Saxon come from?

Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), and Saxoun, from Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxōnem, accusative of Saxō (“a Saxon”), both from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of Sais.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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