salariat

noun

"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.

Key facts for salariat
PropertyValue
Headwordsalariat
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “salariat” in English

salariatranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Salary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how salariat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 1954, J. S. Coleman, Nationalism in Tropical Africa, American Political Science Association […] geographical distribution of the wage-labor force and salariat?
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salariat"?
"salariat" is spelled S-A-L-A-R-I-A-T.
What does "salariat" mean?
As a noun, "salariat" means: Salary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners.
What is the origin of the word "salariat"?
Borrowed from French salariat. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list