salesperson

Name: salesperson, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“salesperson” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,498
frequency rank, English: 54,294
“S” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person whose job is to sell things, often in a shop or store.

Corpus desk

Index EN-salesperson · salesperson · English

salesperson · rank #35,498 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,498
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-DENSE 54,294
PHOTO-FINISH Schumann

Nearest frequency peer: Schumann (+1 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.

ROFL

64,506
roos

64,505
salesperson

64,503
Schumann

64,502
scolding

64,501
Sedgwick

64,498

What this shows Bars show where “salesperson” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Key facts for salesperson
Property	Value
Headword	salesperson
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#35,498
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “salesperson” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). salesperson lands here:

#35,498

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around salesperson, anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,498 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person whose job is to sell things, often in a shop or store.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for salesperson, with forms such as "aslesperson", "saelsperson", and "salepserson". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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: Compound of sales + person. The correct English form is salesperson, spelled S-A-L-E-S-P-E-R-S-O-N.

Definition

1
A person whose job is to sell things, often in a shop or store.

Etymology

Compound of sales + person.

This word in other languages

vendedor(Español)vendeur(Français)Verkäufer(Deutsch)vendedor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aslesperson
saelsperson
salepserson
saleseprson
salesperosn
salesperrson
salespersno
salespersonn
salespersson
salespesron
salespperson
salespreson
salessperson
sallesperson
salseperson
slaesperson
ssalesperson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of salesperson - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "salesperson"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salesperson"?

"salesperson" is spelled S-A-L-E-S-P-E-R-S-O-N.

What does "salesperson" mean?

As a noun, "salesperson" means: A person whose job is to sell things, often in a shop or store.

What are common misspellings of "salesperson"?

Common misspellings include "aslesperson", "saelsperson", "salepserson", "saleseprson", "salesperosn". The correct spelling is "salesperson".

What is the origin of the word "salesperson"?

Compound of sales + person. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "salesperson", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reminiscing#35,486 practicable#35,465 overturning#35,446 uncontested#35,566

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

kaleidoscope17 variants Islamophobia17 variants indigestion17 variants confounding17 variants

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.