# salad

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsæl.əd/ · frequency rank #5,624

## Definitions
1. A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
2. A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
3. A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.
4. Any varied blend or mixture.
5. Lettuce.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *séh₂ls
From Middle English salade, from Old French salade, borrowed from Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal (“salt”). Vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times.

## Easily confused with
- **SLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-sla)
- **sale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-sale)
- **sold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-sold)
- **salt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-salt)
- **sand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-sand)
- **slam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-slam)
- **slap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-slap)
- **Sara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-sara)
- **slid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-slid)
- **slab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-slab)
- **slay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-slay)
- **sled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-sled)
- **slag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-slag)
- **SATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-sata)
- **shad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-shad)
- **sola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-sola)
- **Slav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-slav)
- **saya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-saya)
- **slaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-slaw)
- **sales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-sales)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aslad`, `saald`, `saladd`, `salda`, `sallad`, `slaad`, `ssalad`

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