# Saleh

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #28,351

## Definitions
1. A prophet of Islam who prophesied to the people of Thamud.
2. A male given name from Arabic.
3. An Arab surname from Arabic.

## Etymology
From Iranian Persian صالح (sâleh), from Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ); the prophet's name literally means "pious."

## Easily confused with
- **SLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-sle)
- **same** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-same)
- **save** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-save)
- **salt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-salt)
- **sole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-sole)
- **sane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-sane)
- **slew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-slew)
- **sash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-sash)
- **sled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-sled)
- **sate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-sate)
- **sales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-sales)
- **scale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-scale)
- **saved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-saved)
- **Sarah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-sarah)
- **saves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-saves)
- **sally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-sally)
- **salon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-salon)
- **salty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-salty)
- **Salem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-salem)
- **shale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saleh-vs-shale)

## Common misspellings (7)
`asleh`, `saelh`, `salehh`, `salhe`, `salleh`, `slaeh`, `ssaleh`

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