sax
[ˈsaks]
The verdict
“sax” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,935 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,935
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Tijeras, tijera. Herramienta usada para recortar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sax · sax · Spanish
sax · rank #68,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,935
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sauer
Nearest frequency peer: sauer (-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 “sax”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- segregado
segregado
31,062 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sax” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sax |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsaks] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #68,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sax” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sax is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,935 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsaks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sax in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sax, spelled S-A-X.
Definition
- 1Tijeras, tijera. Herramienta usada para recortar.
- 2Cepo. Trampa metálica para atrapar animales salvajes.
- 3Tijera; cruce de piernas. Posición que consiste en cruzar las piernas.
- 4Tijera. Llave de lucha.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.