sallevssampleConfusable pair

Which to use

“salle” and “sample” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,382
“salle” frequency rank
#2,859
“sample” frequency rank
26241
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salle sample
Definition A fencing school. A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.

Letter map: salle vs sample

Shared letters muted; letters that set salle and sample apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
salle
6 ch
sample

Pair insight - salle / sample

salle and sample are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

salle is recorded at frequency rank #23,382, classified as anoun. sample is at rank #2,859, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɑːm.pəl/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 26241, this pair ranks #388,172 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of salle vs sample

Shared letters: aels. Private to "salle": -. Private to "sample": mp.

"salle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "sample" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • salleaslle · salel · slale · ssalle
  • sampleasmple · samlpe · sammple · sampel · samplle · sampple · sapmle · smaple

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "salle" and "sample" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary English text, does "salle" or "sample" show up more?
"sample" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,859 in our English list, against #23,382 for "salle". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "salle" vs "sample" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "salle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sample" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #388,172 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "salle" and "sample" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salle vs SLE". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #388,172 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list