weaksauce
weak·sauce/ˈwikˌsɔs/adjective, noun
weaksauce is spelled W-E-A-K-S-A-U-C-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables (weak·sauce). It appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, weaksauce means “Lacking in interest or substance; boring, disappointing, lackluster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in weaksauce?
| Letters | 9: W-E-A-K-S-A-U-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: weak·sauce |
| In writing | about once in every 66 million words; the 255,765th 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 weaksauce?
Weaksauce appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th 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 weaksauce?
- UK /ˈwiːksɔːs/
- US /ˈwikˌsɔs/
- US /-ˌsɑs/
Weaksauce has 2 syllables, split weak·sauce in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-weaksauce.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of weaksauce
- weak sauce
- weaksauces plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weaksauce mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
informalLacking in interest or substance; boring, disappointing, lackluster.
noun
- 1
informalSomeone or something that is lacking in interest or substance.
- 2
informalThe quality or state of lacking in interest or substance; boringness, disappointment.
- 3
informalSynonym of weak tea (“weak or feeble arguments, efforts, or proposals”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does weaksauce come from?
From weak (adjective) + sauce (noun), referring to a sauce that lacks flavour. By surface analysis, weak + -sauce (suffix used to add emphasis to adjectives).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).