salgar
[salˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“salgar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,275 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,275
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proveer de sal al ganado para su nutrición.
Corpus desk
Index ES-salgar · salgar · Spanish
salgar · rank #67,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,275
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sacalo
Nearest frequency peer: sacalo (-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 “salgar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Ródano
Ródano
32,729 corpus weight
- sacalo
sacalo
32,727 corpus weight
- salgar
salgar
32,726 corpus weight
- salvaguardi…
salvaguardias
32,725 corpus weight
- samaritanos
samaritanos
32,724 corpus weight
- santafesinos
santafesinos
32,721 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “salgar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salgar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [salˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “salgar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
salgar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,275 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [salˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
salgar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is salgar, spelled S-A-L-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Proveer de sal al ganado para su nutrición.
- 2Añadir sal a alimentos para conservarlos (como las carnes, el pescado, etc.) o sazonarlos.
Synonyms
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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