# salvage vs sausage

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### salvage
*noun · IPA /ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #12,133*
The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

### sausage
*noun · IPA /ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #9,668*
A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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