# Salts

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #17,023

## Definitions
1. A surname from Yiddish.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish זאַלץ (zalts, “salt”), a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a salt producer or seller.

## Easily confused with
- **sat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sat)
- **SAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sas)
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sts)
- **says** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-says)
- **sets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sets)
- **sits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sits)
- **sans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sans)
- **SATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sata)
- **Sato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sato)
- **SARS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sars)
- **sass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sass)
- **silt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-silt)
- **Sant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sant)
- **sate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sate)
- **shots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-shots)
- **seats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-seats)
- **Santa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-santa)
- **spots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-spots)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-stats)
- **suits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-suits)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aslts`, `sallts`, `salst`, `saltss`, `saltts`, `satls`, `slats`, `ssalts`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/salts