sali

\sa.li\

/\sa.li\/ verb

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The verdict

“sali” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,796. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,796
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de salir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sali · sali · French

sali · rank #30,796 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,796
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH safety

Nearest frequency peer: safety (-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 « sali »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sali » 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).

sali vs si
50% similar
sali vs SL
0% similar
sali vs sol
50% similar

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

Key facts for sali
PropertyValue
Headwordsali
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sa.li\
Letters4
Frequency rank#30,796
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sali »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.salise place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « safety » (#30,795), « Salzbourg » (#30,797), « saper » (#30,798). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sali » est au #30,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around sali (IPA \sa.li\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,796 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de salir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sali, with forms such as "asli", "sail", and "salli". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "si", "SL", "sol", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists 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 sali, spelled S-A-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de salir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’argent de ce vieux, qui avait sali sa femme, dont il avait fait justice, cet argent taché de boue et de sang, non ! non ! ce n’était pas de l’argent assez propre pour qu’un honnête homme y touchât.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asli
  • sail
  • salli
  • slai
  • ssali

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sali - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

asli2sail2salli1slai2ssali1
Edit distance from "sali"

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 "sali"?
"sali" is spelled S-A-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.li\.
What does "sali" mean?
As a verb, "sali" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de salir.
What words are commonly confused with "sali"?
"sali" is commonly confused with "si", "SL", "sol". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sali"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sali" is \sa.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sali" come from?
"sali" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sali", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Scot#30,804seat#30,805such#30,824prog#30,751

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list