Which to use
“sola” is a noun and “solo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,998
- “sola” frequency rank
- #5,222
- “solo” frequency rank
- 52220
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sola | solo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Seezunge (Solea solea) | allein |
Letter map: sola vs solo
Shared letters muted; letters that set sola and solo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for sola / solo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sola is anoun and soloanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “sola” becomes o in “solo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sola is recorded at frequency rank #46,998, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsɔla]. solo is at rank #5,222, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].
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 52220, this pair ranks #1,105,352 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sola vs solo
Shared letters: los. Private to "sola": a. Private to "solo": -.
"sola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "solo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sola" and "solo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sola" vs "solo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sola" and "solo".
- Full dictionary entry for "sola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "solo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,105,352 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sola" and "solo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sola vs sonar". 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 #1,105,352 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.