salgado

\salˈɣa.ðo\

/\salˈɣa.ðo\/ verb

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The verdict

“salgado” is uncommon French (frequency #67,095 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,095
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de salgar.

Key facts for salgado
PropertyValue
Headwordsalgado
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\salˈɣa.ðo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,095
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “salgado” 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). salgado lands here:

#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

salgado is uncommon French at frequency #67,095 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \salˈɣa.ðo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de salgar.".

salgado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is salgado, spelled S-A-L-G-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de salgar.

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 "salgado"?
"salgado" is spelled S-A-L-G-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is \salˈɣa.ðo\.
What does "salgado" mean?
As a verb, "salgado" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de salgar.
How do you pronounce "salgado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salgado" is \salˈɣa.ðo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salgado" come from?
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Using “salgado”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is S-A-L-G-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \salˈɣa.ðo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list