# salty vs sappy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### salty
*adjective · IPA /ˈsɒl.ti/ · frequency rank #10,605*
Tasting of salt.

### sappy
*adjective · IPA /ˈsæpi/ · frequency rank #42,879*
Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salty-vs-sappy