Which to use
“saleté” and “salto” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,678
- “saleté” frequency rank
- #39,999
- “salto” frequency rank
- 59677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saleté | salto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État de ce qui est sale, malpropre. | Saut périlleux : saut au cours duquel le corps réalise dans l'espace un tour complet autour de son axe horizontal. |
Where the eye mixes saleté and salto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. saleté runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against salto's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: saleté vs salto
A purely visual mix-up. saleté (\sal.te\) and salto (\sal.to\) 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 59677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saleté is recorded at frequency rank #19,678, classified as anoun, pronounced \sal.te\. salto is at rank #39,999, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sal.to\.
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 59677, this pair ranks #101,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of saleté vs salto
Shared letters: alst. Private to "saleté": eé. Private to "salto": o.
"saleté" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "salto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- salto ← aslto · sallto · salot · saltto · satlo · slato · ssalto
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saleté" for "salto" ever safe?
Which is more common, "saleté" or "salto"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "saleté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "salto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saleté" and "salto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salto vs sart". 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 #101,784 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.