salière
\sa.ljɛʁ\
The verdict
“salière” is uncommon French (frequency #69,412 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,412
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Récipient dans lequel on met le sel sur la table.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.ljɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salière” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salière is uncommon French at frequency #69,412 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.ljɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for salière in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is salière, spelled S-A-L-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Récipient dans lequel on met le sel sur la table.
- 2Ustensile de cuisine, ordinairement de bois, où l’on met le sel et qu’on pend à la cheminée pour le tenir au sec.
- 3Creux que les humains ont quelquefois au dessus des clavicules.
- 4Creux qui se forme au-dessus des yeux des chevaux quand ils vieillissent.
- 5Chez un bovidé, partie de l'épaule la plus proche du cou.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "salière"?
What does "salière" mean?
How do you pronounce "salière"?
What language does "salière" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “salière”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-L-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sa.ljɛʁ\ (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
Other uncommon French words near this rank
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.