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Saxaphone or saxophone?

Did you mean saxophone? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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Correct spelling: saxophone. Misspelling: saxaphone.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

It is named after its inventor, Adolphe Sax: SAX-O-phone.

Why people write “saxaphone”

The misspelling “saxaphone” is only one letter off: it writes A where saxophone has O, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make saxophone automatic.

What does “saxophone” mean?

saxophone noun

  1. a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

    Synonyms:sax

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Saxophone” in a sentence

  • He plays the saxophone in a jazz band.

Is “saxophone” a playable word?

s 1a 1x 8o 1p 3h 4o 1n 1e 1

21 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“saxaphone” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from SAXOPHONE.

Saxophone: quick answers

Is it saxaphone or saxophone?
The correct spelling is saxophone. “saxaphone” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell saxophone?
It is named after its inventor, Adolphe Sax: SAX-O-phone.
What does saxophone mean?
Saxophone means: a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.