saloon

\sa.lun\

/\sa.lun\/ noun

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The verdict

“saloon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,718. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,718
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bar, taverne du Far West.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saloon · saloon · French

saloon · rank #44,718 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,718
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH salamandre

Nearest frequency peer: salamandre (-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 « saloon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « saloon » 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).

saloon vs soon
67% similar
saloon vs selon
67% similar
saloon vs savon
67% similar

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

Key facts for saloon
PropertyValue
Headwordsaloon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.lun\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,718
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saloon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.saloonse 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 « salamandre » (#44,717), « sarcophages » (#44,720), « rêvons » (#44,715). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saloon » est au #44,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around saloon (IPA \sa.lun\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,718 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bar, taverne du Far West.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for saloon, with forms such as "asloon", "salloon", and "salono". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "soon", "selon", "savon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is saloon, spelled S-A-L-O-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bar, taverne du Far West.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les cowboys sont sortis du saloon pour se battre en duel.
  2. Tandis qu’une entraîneuse mexicaine réveille leur fraternelle rivalité, surgit dans le saloon où ses acolytes jouent aux cartes un réputé voleur de bétail, moustache noire et chapeau noir: l’arrogant Trampas.

This word in other languages

saloon(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asloon
  • salloon
  • salono
  • saloonn
  • saolon
  • slaoon
  • ssaloon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saloon - 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.

asloon2salloon1salono2saloonn1saolon2slaoon2ssaloon1
Edit distance from "saloon"

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 "saloon"?
"saloon" is spelled S-A-L-O-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.lun\.
What does "saloon" mean?
As a noun, "saloon" means: Bar, taverne du Far West.
What words are commonly confused with "saloon"?
"saloon" is commonly confused with "soon", "selon", "savon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saloon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saloon" is \sa.lun\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saloon" come from?
"saloon" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rêvons#44,715sauber#44,721réélus#44,714Saïgon#44,722

Similar misspelling depth

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

Rumba7 variantsshaka7 variantsromani7 variantsrimer7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list