AN S80; FLYING THE JONEZ 2 ARR INTO DFW; TURNS EARLY AT COMMAND OF ATC. THE PF MISUNDERSTANDS THE NAME OF THE INTXN TO TURN AT; AS THERE IS ANOTHER SIMILAR SOUNDING NAME ON THE ARR.

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XX15Z; FREQ 133.52; ALT 11000 FT; ATC FACILITY: DFW REGIONAL APCH. LOCATION: 5 NM SW OF BONHAM VOR. CAPT WAS FLYING. APCH CTL INSTRUCTED US TO TURN TO HDG 260 DEGS AT CINCY. CAPT THOUGHT HE HEARD SASIE AND TURN 260 DEGS AT SASIE. THE RADIO ENVIRONMENT WAS CONGESTED AND CLUTTERED. NOTE SIMILAR SOUNDING NAMES; THIS SHOULD BE CHANGED. APCH CTL TURNED US TO A 180 DEG HDG TO REJOIN JONEZ.2 ARR AND THEN TURN 260 DEGS AT CINCY. THERE WERE NO VISUAL OR TCASII CONFLICTS; NOR DID THE CTLR SAY THERE WAS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR HEARD THE CLRNC TO TURN AT CINCY BUT THE CAPT MISTOOK IT FOR THE NAME SASIE. RPTR WAS BUSY ON THE RADIO WHEN THE CAPT TURNED AND COULD NOT QUICKLY CORRECT THE CAPT. TRACON SAW THE ERROR AND QUICKLY TURNED THE ACFT BACK FOR AN INTERCEPT. CAPT WAS CERTAIN THE TURNING POINT WAS MEANT TO BE SASIE. RPTR HAS DISCUSSED THIS WITH SEVERAL OF HIS OTHER PLT FRIENDS AND THEY AGREE THEY COULD MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE. RPTR FELT FATIGUE WAS A FACTOR IN A BUSY ENVIRONMENT TO HELP CAUSE THE MISUNDERSTANDING.