Salama
"salama" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Salama” is uncommon English (frequency #89,861 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,861
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Arabic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-salama · Salama · English
Salama · rank #89,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,861
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH Sahaba
Nearest frequency peer: Sahaba (-2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Salama”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Sacher
Sacher
10,145 corpus weight
- sagamore
sagamore
10,143 corpus weight
- Sahaba
Sahaba
10,142 corpus weight
- Salama
Salama
10,140 corpus weight
- Sather
Sather
10,136 corpus weight
- Saturnalia
Saturnalia
10,135 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Salama” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Salama |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Salama” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Salama is uncommon English at frequency #89,861 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Arabic.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Salama, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic سلامة (salāma, “good health”). This surname is predominantly found in Egypt. The correct English form is Salama, spelled S-A-L-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Arabic.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سلامة (salāma, “good health”). This surname is predominantly found in Egypt.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.