salicaire

\sa.li.kɛʁ\

/\sa.li.kɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“salicaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lythrum, genre de plantes de la famille des lythracées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-salicaire · salicaire · French

salicaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for salicaire
PropertyValue
Headwordsalicaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.li.kɛʁ\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « salicaire » en français

salicairesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salicaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.li.kɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for salicaire in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is salicaire, spelled S-A-L-I-C-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lythrum, genre de plantes de la famille des lythracées.
  2. 2
    Lythrum salicaria, la salicaire commune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le Père d’Exiles atteignit bientôt le fleuve. Il coulait entre de hautes touffes de salicaires d’un vert argenté.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salicaire"?
"salicaire" is spelled S-A-L-I-C-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.li.kɛʁ\.
What does "salicaire" mean?
As a noun, "salicaire" means: Lythrum, genre de plantes de la famille des lythracées.
How do you pronounce "salicaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salicaire" is \sa.li.kɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salicaire" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list