Salem
[saˈlẽm]
The verdict
“Salem” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,584. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,584
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad mencionada en la Biblia, Génesis 14:18 y en Hebreos 7:1-2, se le ha identificado con Jerusalén.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Salem |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [saˈlẽm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #23,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Salem” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Salem (IPA [saˈlẽm]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,584 among 34,953 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Salem, with forms such as "aslem", "saelm", and "salemm". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sam", "salí", "same", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Salem, spelled S-A-L-E-M.
Definition
- 1Ciudad mencionada en la Biblia, Génesis 14:18 y en Hebreos 7:1-2, se le ha identificado con Jerusalén.
- 2Nombre de varias ciudades en Estados Unidos, incluyendo la capital del estado de Oregón.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aslem,saelm,salemm,sallem,salme,slaem,ssalem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Salem - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Salem”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-L-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [saˈlẽm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sam” - see the side-by-side comparison. Salem vs sam
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.