salariat
"salariat" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“salariat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners.
Corpus desk
Index EN-salariat · salariat · English
salariat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salariat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “salariat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
salariat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for salariat, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French salariat. The correct English form is salariat, spelled S-A-L-A-R-I-A-T.
Definition
- 1Salary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how salariat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1954, J. S. Coleman, Nationalism in Tropical Africa, American Political Science Association […] geographical distribution of the wage-labor force and salariat?
Below that elite comes the ‘salariat’, still in stable full-time employment, some hoping to move into the elite, the majority just enjoying the trappings of their kind, with their pensions, paid holidays and enterprise benefits, often subsidised by the state.
Etymology
Borrowed from French salariat.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.