Sailly

Name: Sailly, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\sa.ji\

/\sa.ji\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Sailly” is uncommon French (frequency #69,411 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,411
frequency rank, French: 394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.

Key facts for Sailly
Property	Value
Headword	Sailly
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\sa.ji\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#69,411
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Sailly” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Sailly lands here:

#69,411

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sailly is uncommon French at frequency #69,411 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sa.ji\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Sailly in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Sailly, spelled S-A-I-L-L-Y.

Definition

1
Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.
2
Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Marne.
3
Commune française, située dans le département de Saône-et-Loire.
4
Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.
5
Ancienne commune française, située dans le département de la Moselle fusionnée dans la commune de Sailly-Achâtel.
6
Ancienne commune française, située dans le département de la Somme, aujourd'hui intégrée dans la commune de Noyelles-sur-Mer.
7
Ancienne commune française, située dans le département de la Somme, aujourd'hui intégrée dans la commune de Sailly-Saillisel.
8
Ancien nom de la commune française Sailly-lez-Cambrai.

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 "Sailly"?

"Sailly" is spelled S-A-I-L-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.ji\.

What does "Sailly" mean?

As a proper noun, "Sailly" means: Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.

How do you pronounce "Sailly"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sailly" is \sa.ji\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Sailly" come from?

"Sailly" 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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Using “Sailly”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is S-A-I-L-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \sa.ji\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.