salting

noun

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"salting" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“salting” is uncommon English (frequency #55,714 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,714
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of sprinkling salt, as on food or on an icy road.

Key facts for salting
PropertyValue
Headwordsalting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,714
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “salting” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). salting lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salting is uncommon English at frequency #55,714 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for salting in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is salting, spelled S-A-L-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of sprinkling salt, as on food or on an icy road.
  2. 2
    A salt marsh.
  3. 3
    The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence.
  4. 4
    The celebration of the Eton montem.

This word in other languages

salazón(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salting"?
"salting" is spelled S-A-L-T-I-N-G.
What does "salting" mean?
As a noun, "salting" means: The act of sprinkling salt, as on food or on an icy road.
What language does "salting" come from?
"salting" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “salting”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-A-L-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list