sas
/ˈsas/
The verdict
“sas” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #20,511) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #20,511
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cedazo
Corpus desk
Index ES-sas · sas · Spanish
sas · rank #20,511 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,511
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sacados
Nearest frequency peer: sacados (-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 “sas”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rosca
rosca
79,495 corpus weight
- rotundamente
rotundamente
79,494 corpus weight
- sacados
sacados
79,491 corpus weight
- sas
sas
79,490 corpus weight
- selecciona
selecciona
79,489 corpus weight
- self
self
79,488 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sas” 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 | sas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsas/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #20,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “sas” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for sas is neighbouring look-alikes ("se", "su", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈsas/. Frequency #20,511 among 4,169 “S” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sas, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "se", "su", "sí", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sas, spelled S-A-S.
Definition
- 1Cedazo
- 2Esclusa
- 3Compuerta
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "sas" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "se". View pair
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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.