salience
/ˈseɪ.li.əns/noun
salience is spelled S-A-L-I-E-N-C-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, salience means “The condition of being salient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of salience is saliences.
How many letters and syllables are in salience?
| Letters | 8: S-A-L-I-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is salience?
Salience appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce salience?
- US /ˈseɪ.li.əns/
- US [ˈseɪ̯.li.əns]
- Australia /ˈsæɪ.li.əns/
Salience has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-salience.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of salience
- saliences plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does salience mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being salient.
- 2
A highlight; perceptual prominence, or likelihood of being noticed.
- 3
Relative importance based on context.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Salience in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | saillance, (psychologie sociale) prégnance |
| German | Hervorspringen, Hervortreten , perzeptuelle Prominenz, Salienz |
| Spanish | saliencia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does salience come from?
From Latin saliēns, salientis (whence -ence), from saliō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).