salitre

/[saˈlit̪ɾe]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,868

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

salitre is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mineral rico en nitrato potásico (KNO₃) y nitrato sódico (Na NO₂), principalmente, que se extrae de las pampas salitreras del norte de Chile. Hoy tiene uso como fertilizante, y antaño se usaba para... Pronounced [saˈlit̪ɾe]. Often confused with salté and Sastre.

Key facts for salitre
PropertyValue
Headwordsalitre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[saˈlit̪ɾe]
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,868
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of salitre in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for salitre is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saˈlit̪ɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,868 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for salitre, with forms such as "aslitre", "sailtre", and "salirte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "salté", "Sastre", "salir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is salitre, spelled S-A-L-I-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mineral rico en nitrato potásico (KNO₃) y nitrato sódico (Na NO₂), principalmente, que se extrae de las pampas salitreras del norte de Chile. Hoy tiene uso como fertilizante, y antaño se usaba para preparar pólvora.
  2. 2
    Capa salina que corroe las paredes y suelos en ambientes marinos, principalmente.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aslitre,sailtre,salirte,saliter,salitrre,salittre,sallitre,saltire,slaitre,ssalitre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for salitre

Misspelling Variants of "salitre"

aslitre7sailtre7salirte7saliter7salitrre8salittre8sallitre8saltire7
Misspelling Variants of "salitre"

Frequency rank: #32,868 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salitre"?
"salitre" is spelled S-A-L-I-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [saˈlit̪ɾe].
What does "salitre" mean?
As a noun, "salitre" means: Mineral rico en nitrato potásico (KNO₃) y nitrato sódico (Na NO₂), principalmente, que se extrae de las pampas salitreras del norte de Chile. Hoy tiene uso como fertilizante, y antaño se usaba para...
What words are commonly confused with "salitre"?
"salitre" is commonly confused with "salté", "Sastre", "salir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salitre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salitre" is [saˈlit̪ɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salitre" come from?
"salitre" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.