# saya

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #46,161

## Definitions
1. A skirt.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog saya, from Spanish saya.

## Easily confused with
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sy)
- **sea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sea)
- **sky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sky)
- **spy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-spy)
- **shy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-shy)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-spa)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-soy)
- **sly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sly)
- **sha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sha)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sta)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sia)
- **Syd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-syd)
- **ska** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-ska)
- **syn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-syn)
- **SMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sma)
- **SBA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sba)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-soa)
- **SSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-ssa)
- **SLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sla)
- **SFA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saya-vs-sfa)

## Common misspellings (5)
`asya`, `saay`, `sayya`, `ssaya`, `syaa`

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