# salaam

> English word · Interjection · frequency rank #25,195

## Definitions
1. A respectful ceremonial greeting used mostly by Muslims.

## Etymology
From Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Doublet of shalom, a borrowing from Hebrew.

## Easily confused with
- **slam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-slam)
- **salad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salad)
- **Salem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salem)
- **salsa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salsa)
- **salah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salah)
- **Salam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salam)
- **Salma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salma)
- **Salas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salas)
- **Sanaa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-sanaa)
- **salary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salary)
- **Salman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salman)
- **salami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salami)
- **Salazar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salaam-vs-salazar)
- **sala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sala-vs-salaam)
- **Saddam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddam-vs-salaam)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aslaam`, `saalam`, `salaamm`, `salama`, `sallaam`, `slaaam`, `ssalaam`

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