Which to use
“salir” and “salit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,007
- “salir” frequency rank
- #45,860
- “salit” frequency rank
- 61867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salir | salit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre sale. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de salir. |
Where the eye mixes salir and salit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. salir and salit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses salir with salit
A purely visual mix-up. salir (\sa.liʁ\) and salit (\sa.li\) 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 a single letter - r in “salir” becomes t in “salit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
salir is recorded at frequency rank #16,007, classified as averb, pronounced \sa.liʁ\. salit is at rank #45,860, tagged as averb, pronounced \sa.li\.
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 61867, this pair ranks #90,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of salir vs salit
Shared letters: ails. Private to "salir": r. Private to "salit": t.
"salir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "salit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "salir" for "salit" ever safe?
Which is more common, "salir" or "salit"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "salir" and "salit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "salir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "salit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salir" and "salit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salit vs soli". 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 #90,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.