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 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,714
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of sprinkling salt, as on food or on an icy road.

Corpus desk

Index EN-salting · salting · English

salting · rank #55,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,714
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH salacious

Nearest frequency peer: salacious (-1 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “salting”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “salting” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for salting
PropertyValue
Headwordsalting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,714
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “salting” in English

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

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “salacious” (#55,713), “sandpiper” (#55,715), “SAARC” (#55,711). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “salting” is #55,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salting is uncommon English at frequency #55,714 among 6,566 “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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how salting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Saltings ringing with the redshank's cry.

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?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "salting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scapula#55,721Royston#55,704sidearm#55,736Sinhala#55,738

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list