saliency
sa·lien·cy/ˈseɪ.li.ən.si/noun
saliency is spelled S-A-L-I-E-N-C-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables (sa·lien·cy). It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, saliency means “the quality of being salient; salience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saliency is saliencies.
How many letters and syllables are in saliency?
| Letters | 8: S-A-L-I-E-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: sa·lien·cy |
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 141,699th 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 saliency?
Saliency appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th 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 saliency?
- US /ˈseɪ.li.ən.si/
- US /ˈseɪ.ljən.si/
- Australia /ˈsæɪ.li.ən.si/
Saliency has 3 syllables, split sa·lien·cy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of saliency
- saliencies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saliency mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
the quality of being salient; salience
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does saliency come from?
From salient + -cy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).