corn salad
"corn-salad" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corn salad” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corn-salad · corn salad · English
corn salad · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corn salad |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “corn salad” in English
Rare enough to double-check
corn salad is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for corn salad, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From corn + salad; plant so called from being commonly found as a weed in grain fields. The correct English form is corn salad, spelled C-O-R-N- -S-A-L-A-D.
Definition
- 1Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.
- 2Any of various types of salad made using corn (maize).
Etymology
From corn + salad; plant so called from being commonly found as a weed in grain fields.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.