salure

\sa.lyʁ\

/\sa.lyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“salure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est salé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-salure · salure · French

salure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for salure
PropertyValue
Headwordsalure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.lyʁ\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « salure » en français

saluren'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.lyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caractère de ce qui est salé.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for salure, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 salure, spelled S-A-L-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est salé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La salure en est beaucoup plus forte que celle de la mer, et elle produit sur les lèvres l’effet d’une forte solution d’alun.
  2. En 1601, 1620, 1627, 1677 le parlement de Paris la renouvelait par des arrêts successifs et fixait le prix du langueyage et la responsabilité des langueyeurs ; mais il autorisait, dans le premier de ces arrêts, la vente de la viande ladre après une salure de quarante jours.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salure"?
"salure" is spelled S-A-L-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.lyʁ\.
What does "salure" mean?
As a noun, "salure" means: Caractère de ce qui est salé.
How do you pronounce "salure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salure" is \sa.lyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salure" come from?
"salure" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list