saloon
sa·loon/səˈlun/noun
saloon is spelled S-A-L-O-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (sa·loon). It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “salon vs saloon” about 480 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, saloon means “A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saloon is saloons.
How many letters and syllables are in saloon?
| Letters | 6: S-A-L-O-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sa·loon |
| In writing | 2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is saloon?
Saloon appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th 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 saloon?
- /səˈlun/
Saloon has 2 syllables, split sa·loon in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-saloon.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with saloon
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: salon.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with saloon?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as saloon.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: solano.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of saloon
- saloons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saloon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USA tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
Near-synonyms: pub; see also Thesaurus:pub
- 2
UKdatedA lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.
A pint of beer in the saloon bar costs a penny more than in the public bar.
- 3
UKA car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space and with seating and doors for more than two people.
- 4
The cabin area of a boat or yacht devoted to seated relaxation, often combined with dining table.
- 5
the part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers.
- 6
datedDated form of salon (“living room in a house”).
- 7
IndiaA barbershop (store offering haircuts).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Saloon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tavern:
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 saloon come from?
From Occitan salon, French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla (“room”); in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal (“house, hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).