salmonella
/ˌsæl.məˈnɛ.lə/
"salmonella" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“salmonella” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,916. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,916
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the serotypes of the two species of rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, especially Salmonella enterica, that cause typhoid fever and salmonellosis, manifest as food poisoning and o...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salmonella |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsæl.məˈnɛ.lə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #25,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salmonella” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around salmonella (IPA /ˌsæl.məˈnɛ.lə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,916 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for salmonella, with forms such as "aslmonella", "sallmonella", and "salmmonella". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the genus name Salmonella, named after American veterinarian Daniel Elmer Salmon. The correct English form is salmonella, spelled S-A-L-M-O-N-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Any of the serotypes of the two species of rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, especially Salmonella enterica, that cause typhoid fever and salmonellosis, manifest as food poisoning and other diseases.
- 2Food poisoning, especially in humans, caused by such organisms.
Etymology
From the genus name Salmonella, named after American veterinarian Daniel Elmer Salmon.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aslmonella
- sallmonella
- salmmonella
- salmnoella
- salmoenlla
- salmonela
- salmonelal
- salmonlela
- salmonnella
- salomnella
- samlonella
- slamonella
- ssalmonella
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of salmonella - 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.
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.
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Using “salmonella”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-L-M-O-N-E-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌsæl.məˈnɛ.lə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.