salutary
/ˈsaljʊtəɹi/
"salutary" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“salutary” is uncommon English (frequency #58,988 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,988
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.
Corpus desk
Index EN-salutary · salutary · English
salutary · rank #58,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,988
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Salgado
Nearest frequency peer: Salgado (-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 “salutary”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- RUC
RUC
41,016 corpus weight
- Saka
Saka
41,015 corpus weight
- Salgado
Salgado
41,014 corpus weight
- salutary
salutary
41,013 corpus weight
- Sandhu
Sandhu
41,012 corpus weight
- Santee
Santee
41,011 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “salutary” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salutary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsaljʊtəɹi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “salutary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
salutary is uncommon English at frequency #58,988 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsaljʊtəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
salutary doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”). The correct English form is salutary, spelled S-A-L-U-T-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.
- 2Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how salutary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
salutary advice
The effect was most salutary; and, amid starts and screams—for the poor girl was fairly frightened out of the small portion of sense that, at any time, belonged to her—they learned that Lord Marchmont had been found dead in his bed; and that Lady Marchmont was, with the shock, in a state of almost insanity!
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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