salade russe
\sa.lad ʁys\
The verdict
“salade russe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Salade composée de dés de légumes et d’autres aliments liés à la sauce mayonnaise.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salade russe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.lad ʁys\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salade russe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salade russe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.lad ʁys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salade composée de dés de légumes et d’autres aliments liés à la sauce mayonnaise.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for salade russe in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is salade russe, spelled S-A-L-A-D-E- -R-U-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Salade composée de dés de légumes et d’autres aliments liés à la sauce mayonnaise.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “salade russe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-L-A-D-E- -R-U-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sa.lad ʁys\ (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.