saque
[ˈsake]
The verdict
“saque” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,155 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,155
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de sacar (en sus diferentes acepciones).
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 | saque |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsake] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “saque” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for saque is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsake]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,155 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for saque, with forms such as "asque", "saqeu", and "saqque". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sue", "Saúl", "save", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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. The correct Spanish form is saque, spelled S-A-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de sacar (en sus diferentes acepciones).
- 2Acción y resultado de dar a la pelota o al balón el impulso de inicio al comienzo de un partido, de un segmento, o después de una falta.
- 3Línea o área desde donde se hace el saque₂.
- 4Persona que hace el saque₂.
- 5Golpe fuerte que se da con la mano abierta.
- 6Acción de esnifar o aspirar ciertas drogas por la nariz.
- 7Acción que se realiza con ímpetu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asque,saqeu,saqque,sauqe,sqaue,ssaque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “saque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsake] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sue” - see the side-by-side comparison. saque vs sue
- 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.