salma

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The verdict

“salma” is uncommon German (frequency #80,877 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,877
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Leiche, der Leichnam

Corpus desk

Index DE-salma · salma · German

salma · rank #80,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,877
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sanftem

Nearest frequency peer: sanftem (+1 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „salma“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „salma“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for salma
PropertyValue
Headwordsalma
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,877
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „salma“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).salmafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sanftem“ (#80,878), „Sachunterricht“ (#80,874), „Sardinen“ (#80,880). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „salma“ bei #80,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salma is uncommon German at frequency #80,877 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Leiche, der Leichnam".

Zero misspellings are on record for salma in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is salma, spelled S-A-L-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Leiche, der Leichnam

This word in other languages

corpse(English)cadáver(Español)dépouille(Français)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salma"?
"salma" is spelled S-A-L-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "salma" mean?
As a noun, "salma" means: die Leiche, der Leichnam
How do you pronounce "salma"?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

risen#80,855selle#80,918Sepia#80,920sopra#80,932

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list