saki

/ˈsa.ki/, /ˈsɑ.kɪ/

//ˈsa.ki/, /ˈsɑ.kɪ// noun

The verdict

“saki” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,749 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,749
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forma plural de sako

Corpus desk

Index PT-saki · saki · Portuguese

saki · rank #67,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,749
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sacrário

Nearest frequency peer: sacrário (-2 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “saki”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “saki” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for saki
PropertyValue
Headwordsaki
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsa.ki/, /ˈsɑ.kɪ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#67,749
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “saki” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sakicai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “sacrário” (#67,747), “rubim” (#67,746), “sebe” (#67,757). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “saki” fica em #67,749. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

saki is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,749 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsa.ki/, /ˈsɑ.kɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "forma plural de sako".

saki has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is saki, spelled S-A-K-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    forma plural de sako

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saki"?
"saki" is spelled S-A-K-I. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsa.ki/, /ˈsɑ.kɪ/.
What does "saki" mean?
As a noun, "saki" means: forma plural de sako
How do you pronounce "saki"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saki" is /ˈsa.ki/, /ˈsɑ.kɪ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saki" come from?
"saki" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list