sabo

adj

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The verdict

“sabo” is uncommon French (frequency #76,103 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,103
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nouveau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sabo · sabo · French

sabo · rank #76,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,103
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sabordé

Nearest frequency peer: sabordé (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « sabo »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sabo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sabo
PropertyValue
Headwordsabo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#76,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sabo » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sabotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sabordé » (#76,104), « régalés » (#76,101), « safar » (#76,105). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sabo » est au #76,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sabo is uncommon French at frequency #76,103 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nouveau.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sabo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sabo, spelled S-A-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nouveau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sabo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Shi ne ya ba ni sabon rai.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sabo"?
"sabo" is spelled S-A-B-O.
What does "sabo" mean?
As an adjective, "sabo" means: Nouveau.
What language does "sabo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sabo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

SCIC#76,117spit#76,142sudo#76,156taza#76,169

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list