saco

/[ˈsako]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,290

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

saco is aSpanishnoun. It means: Receptáculo de tela, esparto, cuero, papel, etc. con forma cilíndrica y abierto por uno de sus extremos. Pronounced [ˈsako]. It ranks #3,290 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with so and sal.

Key facts for saco
PropertyValue
Headwordsaco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsako]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,290
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of saco in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for saco is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsako]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,290 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for saco, with forms such as "sacco", "saoc", and "scao". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "sal", "sam", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is saco, spelled S-A-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Receptáculo de tela, esparto, cuero, papel, etc. con forma cilíndrica y abierto por uno de sus extremos.
  2. 2
    Por metonimia, lo contenido en un saco₁.
  3. 3
    Cualquier cosa que en sí incluye otras muchas en la realidad o en la apariencia. Se toma, comúnmente, en mala parte.
  4. 4
    Prenda de abrigo abierta por delante que se viste por encima de las restantes ropas, cubriendo el torso y los brazos. Su corte varía con las modas, pero por lo general cubre hasta la cadera, con solapas plegadas al frente y dos a cuatro botones para cerrarla.
  5. 5
    Vestidura tosca y áspera de tela burda o sayal.
  6. 6
    Apropiación violenta por parte de un grupo de soldados u otras personas de lo que se encuentra en un lugar o territorio tomado.
  7. 7
    Acción y resultado de dar a la pelota o al balón el impulso de inicio.
  8. 8
    Parte del organismo que tiene forma de bolsa o receptáculo y que almacena algún tipo de sustancia líquida o blanda.
  9. 9
    Cualquier tipo de entrada de mar, como bahías, ensenadas, etc., y en particular aquellas de boca estrecha.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sacco,saoc,scao,ssaco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for saco

Misspelling Variants of "saco"

sacco5saoc4scao4ssaco5
Misspelling Variants of "saco"

Frequency rank: #3,290 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saco"?
"saco" is spelled S-A-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsako].
What does "saco" mean?
As a noun, "saco" means: Receptáculo de tela, esparto, cuero, papel, etc. con forma cilíndrica y abierto por uno de sus extremos.
What words are commonly confused with "saco"?
"saco" is commonly confused with "so", "sal", "sam". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saco" is [ˈsako]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saco" come from?
"saco" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.