smoked salmon
"smoked-salmon" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“smoked salmon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - edible raw salmon that is cut into strips and cured by smoking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-smoked-salmon · smoked salmon · English
smoked salmon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | smoked salmon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “smoked salmon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
smoked salmon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for smoked salmon in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is smoked salmon, spelled S-M-O-K-E-D- -S-A-L-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1edible raw salmon that is cut into strips and cured by smoking.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see smoked, salmon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how smoked salmon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Smoked Salmon and Leek Frittata:[…]4 ounces smoked salmon, cut into large flakes.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.