Salerne
\sa.lɛʁn\
The verdict
“Salerne” is uncommon French (frequency #52,332 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,332
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et ville de la région de Campanie en Italie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-salerne · Salerne · French
Salerne · rank #52,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,332
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sativa
Nearest frequency peer: sativa (+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 « Salerne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- résorption
résorption
47,672 corpus weight
- rôdeurs
rôdeurs
47,671 corpus weight
- Salerne
Salerne
47,669 corpus weight
- sativa
sativa
47,668 corpus weight
- sautées
sautées
47,667 corpus weight
- scandalisés
scandalisés
47,666 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Salerne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Salerne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sa.lɛʁn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Salerne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Salerne is uncommon French at frequency #52,332 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sa.lɛʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Salerne in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Salerne, spelled S-A-L-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Commune et ville de la région de Campanie en Italie.
- 2Province autour de cette ville.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Salerne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous explorâmes tous les trois la côte amalfitaine jusqu’à Ravello, poussant même vers Paestum au-delà de Salerne, coulant de très heureuses journées.
La province de Salerne.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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