salon

\sa.lɔ̃\

/\sa.lɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“salon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,607
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce, dans un appartement, dans une maison, qui est ordinairement plus grande et plus ornée que les autres, et qui sert à recevoir les visites.

Corpus desk

Index FR-salon · salon · French

salon · rank #1,607 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,607
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH silence

Nearest frequency peer: silence (+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 « salon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « salon » 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).

salon vs son
60% similar
salon vs san
60% similar
salon vs são
40% similar

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

Key facts for salon
PropertyValue
Headwordsalon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.lɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,607
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « salon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).salonse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « silence » (#1,608), « rose » (#1,605), « su » (#1,609). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « salon » est au #1,607. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around salon (IPA \sa.lɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,607 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for salon, with forms such as "aslon", "sallon", and "salno". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "son", "san", "são", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is salon, spelled S-A-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce, dans un appartement, dans une maison, qui est ordinairement plus grande et plus ornée que les autres, et qui sert à recevoir les visites.
  2. 2
    La bonne compagnie ; les gens du monde.
  3. 3
    Lieu où se fait l’exposition annuelle des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, etc., des artistes vivants.
  4. 4
    Cette exposition elle-même.
  5. 5
    Les comptes-rendus de l’exposition.
  6. 6
    Toutes sortes d’expositions périodiques, ordinairement annuelles.
  7. 7
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)…

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quelle diversité dans mes journées ! La classe de Louis-le-Grand, les palabres de l’œuf à la coque, ma cellule communiste du quai de Javel, le tennis d’Auteuil, le salon de Tante Reine, la bibliothèque de l’Oncle…
  2. De jour, le corridor était dans la pénombre et c'est presque à tâtons qu'on trouvait la clinche du salon d'attente.

This word in other languages

living room(English)salón(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aslon
  • sallon
  • salno
  • salonn
  • saoln
  • slaon
  • ssalon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of salon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aslon2sallon1salno2salonn1saoln2slaon2ssalon1
Edit distance from "salon"

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 "salon"?
"salon" is spelled S-A-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.lɔ̃\.
What does "salon" mean?
As a noun, "salon" means: Pièce, dans un appartement, dans une maison, qui est ordinairement plus grande et plus ornée que les autres, et qui sert à recevoir les visites.
What words are commonly confused with "salon"?
"salon" is commonly confused with "son", "san", "são". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salon" is \sa.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salon" come from?
"salon" 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 "salon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

revue#1,604sympa#1,610venez#1,613écran#1,616

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

bruit7 variantsallons7 variantstiers7 variantsoffrir7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list