salmagundi
/ˌsal.məˈɡʌn.di/
"salmagundi" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“salmagundi” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-salmagundi · salmagundi · English
salmagundi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | salmagundi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsal.məˈɡʌn.di/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “salmagundi” in English
Rare enough to double-check
salmagundi is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsal.məˈɡʌn.di/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for salmagundi in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French salmigondis (“seasoned salt meats”), from Middle French salmigondin, probably related to Middle French salomene (“hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine”), from Old French salemine. The correct English form is salmagundi, spelled S-A-L-M-A-G-U-N-D-I.
Definition
- 1A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
- 2Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how salmagundi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Partly too it reflected the nature of Revolutionary politics throughout the 1790s, which was invariably a kind of inspired bricolage, which involved yoking together a wide range of pre-existent elements into an unanticipated and constantly changing salmagundi of political forms.
This is not, however, a mere salmagundi of alphabetical arcana.
Etymology
From French salmigondis (“seasoned salt meats”), from Middle French salmigondin, probably related to Middle French salomene (“hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine”), from Old French salemine.
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.