Which to use
“salué” is a verb and “salve” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,031
- “salué” frequency rank
- #26,173
- “salve” frequency rank
- 41204
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salué | salve |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de saluer. | Plusieurs coups de canon tirés successivement. |
Where the eye mixes salué and salve
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: salué is \sa.lɥe\ while salve is \salv\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
salué is recorded at frequency rank #15,031, classified as averb, pronounced \sa.lɥe\. salve is at rank #26,173, tagged as anoun, pronounced \salv\.
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 41204, this pair ranks #234,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of salué vs salve
Shared letters: als. Private to "salué": ué. Private to "salve": ev.
"salué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "salve" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- salve ← aslve · salev · sallve · salvve · savle · ssalve