saloon
/səˈlun/
"saloon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“saloon” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #16,581 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,581
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saloon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /səˈlun/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “saloon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for saloon is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /səˈlun/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,581 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for saloon, with forms such as "asloon", "salloon", and "salono". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "soon", "spoon", "Saxon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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 Pro… The correct English form is saloon, spelled S-A-L-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
- 2A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.
- 3A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space and with seating and doors for more than two people.
- 4The cabin area of a boat or yacht devoted to seated relaxation, often combined with dining table.
- 5the part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers.
- 6Dated form of salon (“living room in a house”).
- 7A barbershop (store offering haircuts).
Etymology
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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asloon,salloon,salono,saloonn,saolon,slaoon,ssaloon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saloon - 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 “saloon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-L-O-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /səˈlun/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “soon” - see the side-by-side comparison. saloon vs soon
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.