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 September 3, 2026) - A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-salt-shaker · salt shaker · English
salt shaker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “salt shaker” in English
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how salt shaker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: salt cellar
So she cut the crusts from a pair of chicken sandwiches and set them on a tray along with a saltshaker, a white peach, and a King James bible, and I climbed the stairs to his room.
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.