# salvage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #12,133

## Definitions
1. The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
2. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
3. The compensation paid to the rescuers.
4. The money from the sale of rescued goods.
5. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
6. The process of acquiring, dismantling, and stocking the pieces of old property such as ships, houses, and vehicles, so that they can be sold on to be reused or recycled.
7. Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.

## Etymology
From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.

## Easily confused with
- **salve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salvage-vs-salve)
- **savage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salvage-vs-savage)
- **sausage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salvage-vs-sausage)
- **savages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salvage-vs-savages)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aslvage`, `salavge`, `sallvage`, `salvaeg`, `salvagge`, `salvgae`, `salvvage`, `savlage`, `slavage`, `ssalvage`

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