salsifis
\sal.si.fi\
The verdict
“salsifis” is uncommon French (frequency #87,134 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,134
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante à fleurs composées, dont la racine, qui porte le même nom, est comestible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-salsifis · salsifis · French
salsifis · rank #87,134 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,134
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH salmonella
Nearest frequency peer: salmonella (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « salsifis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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rôdait
12,872 corpus weight
- sacrifiez
sacrifiez
12,871 corpus weight
- salar
salar
12,870 corpus weight
- salmonella
salmonella
12,868 corpus weight
- salsifis
salsifis
12,867 corpus weight
- sanctum
sanctum
12,865 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « salsifis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salsifis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sal.si.fi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « salsifis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
salsifis is uncommon French at frequency #87,134 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sal.si.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for salsifis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 salsifis, spelled S-A-L-S-I-F-I-S.
Definition
- 1Plante à fleurs composées, dont la racine, qui porte le même nom, est comestible.
- 2Légume issu de racine de scorsonère.
- 3Catogan de la marionnette lyonnaise guignol.
- 4Doigt de pied.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how salsifis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’Herbier d’Otto Brunfels (1532) énumère, en tant que nouvelles bases de l’économie jardinière : salsifis, haricots, pois, aulx et oignons, choux pommés, raves et navets.
Les longues racines pivotantes à peau blanche du salsifis, parfois aussi ses feuilles, se consomment comme légume.
Synonyms
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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.
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