seax
seax·,·se·ax/ˈsiːks/noun
seax is spelled S-E-A-X: 4 letters and 4 syllables (seax·,·se·ax). It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seax means “A short Saxon sword” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seax is seaxes.
How many letters and syllables are in seax?
| Letters | 4: S-E-A-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: seax·,·se·ax |
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is seax?
Seax appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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 seax?
- /ˈsiːks/
- /ˈseɪ̯.æks/
Seax has 4 syllables, split seax·,·se·ax in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of seax
- seaxes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seax mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A short Saxon sword.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seax in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense short Saxon sword:
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 seax come from?
Learned borrowing from Old English seax (“dagger”). Doublet of sax and zax.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).