Salam aleikum

/[zaˌlaːm ʔaˈlaɪ̯kʊm]/ phrase

Letters

13 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Salam aleikum is aGermanphrase. It means: arabische Grußformel Pronounced [zaˌlaːm ʔaˈlaɪ̯kʊm].

Key facts for Salam aleikum
PropertyValue
HeadwordSalam aleikum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[zaˌlaːm ʔaˈlaɪ̯kʊm]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Salam aleikum is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Salam aleikum is 13 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zaˌlaːm ʔaˈlaɪ̯kʊm]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "arabische Grußformel".

No misspelling variants are generated for Salam aleikum in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Salam aleikum, spelled S-A-L-A-M- -A-L-E-I-K-U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    arabische Grußformel

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Salam aleikum"?
"Salam aleikum" is spelled S-A-L-A-M- -A-L-E-I-K-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [zaˌlaːm ʔaˈlaɪ̯kʊm].
What does "Salam aleikum" mean?
As a phrase, "Salam aleikum" means: arabische Grußformel
How do you pronounce "Salam aleikum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Salam aleikum" is [zaˌlaːm ʔaˈlaɪ̯kʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Salam aleikum" come from?
"Salam aleikum" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.