Which to use
“salades” and “salées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,730
- “salades” frequency rank
- #26,174
- “salées” frequency rank
- 42904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salades | salées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de salade. | Pluriel de salée. |
Where the eye mixes salades and salées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. salades runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against salées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses salades with salées
A purely visual mix-up. salades (\sa.lad\) and salées (\sa.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
salades is recorded at frequency rank #16,730, classified as anoun, pronounced \sa.lad\. salées is at rank #26,174, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sa.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 42904, this pair ranks #222,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of salades vs salées
Shared letters: aels. Private to "salades": d. Private to "salées": é.
"salades" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "salées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- salades ← aslades · saaldes · saladdes · saladess · saladse · salaeds · saldaes · sallades
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "salades" for "salées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "salades" or "salées"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "salades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "salées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #222,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salades" and "salées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salées vs stalles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #222,030 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.