salak
/səˈlæk/noun
salak is spelled S-A-L-A-K: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, salak means “Any salak palm (Salacca zalacca), native to Indonesia; also called” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of salak is salaks.
How many letters and syllables are in salak?
| Letters | 5: S-A-L-A-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is salak?
Salak appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce salak?
- /səˈlæk/
Salak has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-salak.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with salak?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as salak.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: laksa.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of salak
- salaks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does salak mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any salak palm (Salacca zalacca), native to Indonesia; also called.
- 2
Pear-shaped fruit of this palm; also called snake fruit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Salak in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Salakpalme , Schlangenfrucht, Salak |
| Spanish | fruta de serpiente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does salak come from?
From Malay salak.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).