sake
[ˈsake]
The verdict
“sake” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,392. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,392
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bebida alcohólica producto de la fermentación del arroz, que es tradicional de Japón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sake · sake · Spanish
sake · rank #32,392 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,392
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sacristía
Nearest frequency peer: sacristía (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sake”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rufián
rufián
67,612 corpus weight
- rule
rule
67,611 corpus weight
- sacristía
sacristía
67,610 corpus weight
- sake
sake
67,609 corpus weight
- sangra
sangra
67,608 corpus weight
- savage
savage
67,607 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sake” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | sake |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsake] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “sake” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around sake (IPA [ˈsake]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,392 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bebida alcohólica producto de la fermentación del arroz, que es tradicional de Japón.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sake, with forms such as "aske", "saek", and "sakke". 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is sake, spelled S-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Bebida alcohólica producto de la fermentación del arroz, que es tradicional de Japón.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aske
- saek
- sakke
- skae
- ssake
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sake - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sake", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "sake". Here's where to go from here.
- "sake" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "se". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #32,392 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.