saluer

\sa.lɥe\

/\sa.lɥe\/ verb

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The verdict

“saluer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,922. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,922
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner à quelqu’un une marque de civilité, de déférence ou de respect, en l’abordant, en le rencontrant, en le quittant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saluer · saluer · French

saluer · rank #8,922 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,922
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH révèlent

Nearest frequency peer: révèlent (-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 « saluer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « saluer » 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).

saluer vs suer
67% similar
saluer vs salut
67% similar
saluer vs salve
67% similar

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

Key facts for saluer
PropertyValue
Headwordsaluer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sa.lɥe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,922
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saluer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).saluerse 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 « révèlent » (#8,921), « rétablissement » (#8,920), « savon » (#8,924). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saluer » est au #8,922. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around saluer (IPA \sa.lɥe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,922 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for saluer, with forms such as "asluer", "saleur", and "salluer". 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, "suer", "salut", "salve", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is saluer, spelled S-A-L-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner à quelqu’un une marque de civilité, de déférence ou de respect, en l’abordant, en le rencontrant, en le quittant.
  2. 2
    Dans certaines cérémonies, donner les marques de respect qu’on doit à certaines choses.
  3. 3
    Donner les marques de civilité, de déférence, de respect qui sont en usage dans les troupes de terre et dans la marine.
  4. 4
    Tirer avec ses armes.
  5. 5
    Proclamer, nommer par acclamation.
  6. 6
    Accueillir favorablement, souligner dans un esprit de reconnaissance et de félicitations.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On ne pouvait dire pourtant qu’il manquât de bienveillance ou de politesse, puisqu’il ne parlait à personne sans se découvrir et saluer jusqu’à terre, comme s’il se fût agi d’un grand prince.
  2. On s'égayait,[…], d’un dialogue,[…], entre le duc se promenant aux abords de son château de l’Eure et un paysan trainant un taureau dont il a plein les mains. « Vous ne me saluez pas? » interroge le duc qui veut être aimable, mais qui ne sais pas s’y prendre. — « Eh ! monsieur le duc, répond le rural, voulez vous ben tenir mon taureau et je m’en vas vous…

Synonyms

honorer

This word in other languages

greet(English)saludar(Español)grüßen(Deutsch)cumprimentar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asluer
  • saleur
  • salluer
  • saluerr
  • salure
  • sauler
  • slauer
  • ssaluer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saluer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

asluer2saleur2salluer1saluerr1salure2sauler2slauer2ssaluer1
Edit distance from "saluer"

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 "saluer"?
"saluer" is spelled S-A-L-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.lɥe\.
What does "saluer" mean?
As a verb, "saluer" means: Donner à quelqu’un une marque de civilité, de déférence ou de respect, en l’abordant, en le rencontrant, en le quittant.
What words are commonly confused with "saluer"?
"saluer" is commonly confused with "suer", "salut", "salve". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saluer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saluer" is \sa.lɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saluer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list