saxophone
\sak.sɔ.fɔn\
The verdict
“saxophone” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,801. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,801
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrument de musique à clefs de la famille des bois, à anche simple généralement en métal ou ébonite.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saxophone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sak.sɔ.fɔn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “saxophone” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around saxophone (IPA \sak.sɔ.fɔn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,801 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Instrument de musique à clefs de la famille des bois, à anche simple généralement en métal ou ébonite.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for saxophone, with forms such as "asxophone", "saoxphone", and "saxohpone". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is saxophone, spelled S-A-X-O-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument de musique à clefs de la famille des bois, à anche simple généralement en métal ou ébonite.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asxophone,saoxphone,saxohpone,saxophhone,saxophnoe,saxophoen,saxophonne,saxopohne,saxopphone,saxpohone,saxxophone,ssaxophone,sxaophone
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saxophone - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “saxophone”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-X-O-P-H-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sak.sɔ.fɔn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.