salt lake
/ˈsɔːlt ˌleɪk/
"salt-lake" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“salt lake” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A landlocked body of water with a high concentration of salts and other dissolved minerals.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salt lake |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɔːlt ˌleɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salt lake” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salt lake is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɔːlt ˌleɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A landlocked body of water with a high concentration of salts and other dissolved minerals.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for salt lake, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From salt + lake. The correct English form is salt lake, spelled S-A-L-T- -L-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1A landlocked body of water with a high concentration of salts and other dissolved minerals.
Etymology
From salt + lake.
This word in other languages
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 lake”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-A-L-T- -L-A-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɔːlt ˌleɪk/ (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.