salt shaker
/ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/
"salt-shaker" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“salt shaker” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salt shaker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salt shaker” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salt shaker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.".
salt shaker doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is salt shaker, spelled S-A-L-T- -S-H-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.
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 shaker”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-L-T- -S-H-A-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.