salissure
\sa.li.syʁ\
The verdict
“salissure” 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) - Souillure, ce qui rend une chose sale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-salissure · salissure · French
salissure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salissure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.li.syʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « salissure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
salissure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.li.syʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Souillure, ce qui rend une chose sale.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for salissure, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is salissure, spelled S-A-L-I-S-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Souillure, ce qui rend une chose sale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how salissure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’examinais les chevelures, le teint, les yeux, les sourires ; j’y cherchais des comparaisons persuasives qui pourraient nuire au souvenir si parfait de Madeleine. Je n’avais plus qu’une idée, l’impétueuse envie de me soustraire quand même à la persécution de ce souvenir unique. Je l’avilissais à plaisir et le déshonorais, espérant par là le rendre indign…
Tout ce qui précède mon mariage prend dans mon souvenir cet aspect de pureté ; contraste, sans doute, avec cette ineffaçable salissure des noces.
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.