salu

noun

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The verdict

“salu” is uncommon French (frequency #93,221 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,221
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salut (salutation).

Corpus desk

Index FR-salu · salu · French

salu · rank #93,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,221
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saluera

Nearest frequency peer: saluera (+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 « salu »

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 « salu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for salu
PropertyValue
Headwordsalu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#93,221
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « salu » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).salutombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « saluera » (#93,222), « saguenéens » (#93,219), « sass » (#93,223). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « salu » est au #93,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salu is uncommon French at frequency #93,221 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salut (salutation).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for salu in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is salu, spelled S-A-L-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salut (salutation).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A lor salu ne respont mot

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 "salu"?
"salu" is spelled S-A-L-U.
What does "salu" mean?
As a noun, "salu" means: Salut (salutation).
What language does "salu" come from?
"salu" 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 "salu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sass#93,223rusk#93,202sese#93,241RPDC#93,200

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list