Saloon

[zaˈluːn]

/[zaˈluːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Saloon” is uncommon German (frequency #51,647 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,647
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - amerikanische Gastwirtschaft im Wilden Westen

Corpus desk

Index DE-saloon · Saloon · German

Saloon · rank #51,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,647
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sahnehäubchen

Nearest frequency peer: Sahnehäubchen (-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 „Saloon“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Saloon
PropertyValue
HeadwordSaloon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zaˈluːn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,647
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Saloon“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Saloonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sahnehäubchen“ (#51,646), „salut“ (#51,648), „Sachkenntnis“ (#51,645). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Saloon“ bei #51,647. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Saloon is uncommon German at frequency #51,647 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zaˈluːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "amerikanische Gastwirtschaft im Wilden Westen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Saloon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Saloon, spelled S-A-L-O-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    amerikanische Gastwirtschaft im Wilden Westen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Saloon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Nach dem Fernsehkucken malte ich einen Indianer mit zwei lila Federn am Kopf und mit Messer und Speer im Gürtel, auf dem Weg vom Saloon zum Pferd.“
  2. „Hier lernte er in einem Saloon eine Frau kennen, die fast doppelt so alte Kate Dulaney, in deren Wohnung er bald zog.“

Synonyms

Kneipe

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 "Saloon"?
"Saloon" is spelled S-A-L-O-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zaˈluːn].
What does "Saloon" mean?
As a noun, "Saloon" means: amerikanische Gastwirtschaft im Wilden Westen
How do you pronounce "Saloon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Saloon" is [zaˈluːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Saloon" come from?
"Saloon" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scenes#51,650Rodgau#51,635Seeweg#51,674raubte#51,619

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list