Salii
/ˈseɪli.iː/
"salii" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Salii” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The 12 priests of Mars Gradivus in Ancient Rome.
Corpus desk
Index EN-salii · Salii · English
Salii · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Salii |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈseɪli.iː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Salii” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Salii is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈseɪli.iː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The 12 priests of Mars Gradivus in Ancient Rome.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Salii in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Salii (“the Leapers, the Jumpers”), from salīre (“to leap, to jump”). The correct English form is Salii, spelled S-A-L-I-I.
Definition
- 1The 12 priests of Mars Gradivus in Ancient Rome.
Etymology
From Latin Salii (“the Leapers, the Jumpers”), from salīre (“to leap, to jump”).
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.