salam

\sa.lam\

/\sa.lam\/ noun

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The verdict

“salam” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,384. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,384
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salut, salutation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-salam · salam · French

salam · rank #24,384 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,384
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH résistantes

Nearest frequency peer: résistantes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « salam »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « salam » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

salam vs sam
60% similar
salam vs sara
60% similar
salam vs salé
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for salam
PropertyValue
Headwordsalam
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.lam\
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,384
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « salam »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).salamse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « résistantes » (#24,383), « saloperies » (#24,385), « répandus » (#24,382). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « salam » est au #24,384. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around salam (IPA \sa.lam\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,384 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Salut, salutation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for salam, with forms such as "aslam", "saalm", and "salamm". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sam", "sara", "salé", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is salam, spelled S-A-L-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salut, salutation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how salam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quand le muezzin, qui est mon ami, monte à son minaret, il arrive à hauteur de ma terrasse, et m’adresse, avant de chanter la prière, un salam amical.
  2. Je distribue des aumônes à tout ce monde, et recueille toute une kyrielle de bénédictions et de salams.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aslam
  • saalm
  • salamm
  • sallam
  • slaam
  • ssalam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of salam - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aslam2saalm2salamm1sallam1slaam2ssalam1
Edit distance from "salam"

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 "salam"?
"salam" is spelled S-A-L-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.lam\.
What does "salam" mean?
As a noun, "salam" means: Salut, salutation.
What words are commonly confused with "salam"?
"salam" is commonly confused with "sam", "sara", "salé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salam" is \sa.lam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salam" come from?
"salam" 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 "salam", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shore#24,389sigle#24,390Ruben#24,374Sonny#24,395

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Ronnie6 variantstops6 variantsvaine6 variantswaouh6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list