# Saladin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈsælədɪn/ · frequency rank #47,316

## Definitions
1. First sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, who led the Muslim opposition to the European Crusaders in the Levant.
2. A governorate in northern Iraq.

## Etymology
From Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn).

## Easily confused with
- **slain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saladin-vs-slain)
- **salami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saladin-vs-salami)
- **salad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-saladin)

## Common misspellings (10)
`asladin`, `saaldin`, `saladdin`, `saladinn`, `saladni`, `salaidn`, `saldain`, `salladin`, `slaadin`, `ssaladin`

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