salt cedar
"salt-cedar" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“salt cedar” 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 May 6, 2026) - The tamarisk, a plant of genus Tamarix.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salt cedar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salt cedar” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salt cedar is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
salt cedar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: So named because they tend to grow on saline soils. The correct English form is salt cedar, spelled S-A-L-T- -C-E-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1The tamarisk, a plant of genus Tamarix.
- 2The tamarisk, a plant of genus Tamarix.
Etymology
So named because they tend to grow on saline soils.
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.
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Using “salt cedar”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-A-L-T- -C-E-D-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.