saillante

\sa.jɑ̃t\

/\sa.jɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“saillante” is uncommon French (frequency #66,324 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,324
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de l’adjectif saillant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saillante · saillante · French

saillante · rank #66,324 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,324
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH révélèrent

Nearest frequency peer: révélèrent (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « saillante »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « saillante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for saillante
PropertyValue
Headwordsaillante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sa.jɑ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,324
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « saillante » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.saillantetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « révélèrent » (#66,323), « salamandres » (#66,325), « répandait » (#66,322). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saillante » est au #66,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

saillante is uncommon French at frequency #66,324 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sa.jɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de l’adjectif saillant.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for saillante, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is saillante, spelled S-A-I-L-L-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de l’adjectif saillant.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saillante"?
"saillante" is spelled S-A-I-L-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.jɑ̃t\.
What does "saillante" mean?
As an adjective, "saillante" means: Féminin singulier de l’adjectif saillant.
How do you pronounce "saillante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saillante" is \sa.jɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saillante" come from?
"saillante" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "saillante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list