sabe
[ˈsaβ̞e]
The verdict
“sabe” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #357 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #357
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de saber.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sabe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈsaβ̞e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sabe” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sabe is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsaβ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #357 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sabe, with forms such as "asbe", "sabbe", and "saeb". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "se", "sal", "sam", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sabe, spelled S-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de saber.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de saber.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asbe,sabbe,saeb,sbae,ssabe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sabe - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sabe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsaβ̞e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “se” - see the side-by-side comparison. sabe vs se
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.