salute
[saˈlut̪e]
The verdict
“salute” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,633 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,633
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Variante de ¡salud!
Corpus desk
Index ES-salute · salute · Spanish
salute · rank #62,633 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,633
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sandinistas
Nearest frequency peer: sandinistas (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “salute”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sabed
sabed
37,373 corpus weight
- saints
saints
37,372 corpus weight
- saludaban
saludaban
37,370 corpus weight
- salute
salute
37,368 corpus weight
- sandinistas
sandinistas
37,367 corpus weight
- santafesina
santafesina
37,366 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “salute” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salute |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [saˈlut̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salute” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salute is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,633 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [saˈlut̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de ¡salud!".
No generated misspelling entries exist for salute in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is salute, spelled S-A-L-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de ¡salud!
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.