salam
[sɑˈɫɑm]
The verdict
“salam” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,847 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,847
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hola.
Corpus desk
Index ES-salam · salam · Spanish
salam · rank #53,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,847
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH Saladino
Nearest frequency peer: Saladino (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “salam”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- réquiem
réquiem
46,158 corpus weight
- Saladino
Saladino
46,155 corpus weight
- salam
salam
46,154 corpus weight
- salvadas
salvadas
46,153 corpus weight
- Salzburgo
Salzburgo
46,152 corpus weight
- Sampedro
Sampedro
46,151 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “salam” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salam |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [sɑˈɫɑm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “salam” en español
Rare enough to double-check
salam is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,847 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [sɑˈɫɑm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hola.".
salam has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is salam, spelled S-A-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1Hola.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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