salty

adj

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The verdict

“salty” is uncommon French (frequency #90,165 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,165
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salé, qui contient du sel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-salty · salty · French

salty · rank #90,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,165
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH salvadoriens

Nearest frequency peer: salvadoriens (+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 « salty »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « salty » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for salty
PropertyValue
Headwordsalty
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,165
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « salty » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).saltytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « salvadoriens » (#90,166), « Samarcande » (#90,167), « saccadés » (#90,162). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « salty » est au #90,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salty is uncommon French at frequency #90,165 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for salty in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is salty, spelled S-A-L-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salé, qui contient du sel.
  2. 2
    Saumâtre, qui a un goût de sel.
  3. 3
    Contrarié, en colère pour quelque chose sans importance

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The girls is all salty The boys is all sweet The food ain't too shabby, An' they piss in the street In France

Synonyms

salted

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 "salty"?
"salty" is spelled S-A-L-T-Y.
What does "salty" mean?
As an adjective, "salty" means: Salé, qui contient du sel.
What language does "salty" come from?
"salty" 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 "salty", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

sanne#90,172saris#90,174sling#90,198snipe#90,201

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list