sauer
[ˈzaʊ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“sauer” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,934 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,934
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ácido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sauer · sauer · Spanish
sauer · rank #68,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,934
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sax
Nearest frequency peer: sax (+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 “sauer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- saltaste
saltaste
31,072 corpus weight
- salvadoreñas
salvadoreñas
31,071 corpus weight
- sauer
sauer
31,067 corpus weight
- sax
sax
31,066 corpus weight
- scorpio
scorpio
31,065 corpus weight
- secundar
secundar
31,064 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sauer” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sauer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzaʊ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “sauer” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
sauer is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,934 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzaʊ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sauer, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sauer, spelled S-A-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ácido.
- 2Agrio.
- 3Enfadado (con alguien), de mala leche.
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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