solidevssolidesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“solide” and “solides” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,454
“solide” frequency rank
#29,791
“solides” frequency rank
38245
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature solide solides
Definition so, dass es dauerhaft Beanspruchungen standhält; widerstandsfähig Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs solide

Where the eye mixes solide and solides

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
solide
7 ch
solides

Look-alike desk: solide vs solides

A purely visual mix-up. solide ([zoˈliːdə]) and solides ([zoˈliːdəs]) 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 extra letter(s) - “solide” sits inside “solides”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38245, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

solide is recorded at frequency rank #8,454, classified as anadj, pronounced [zoˈliːdə]. solides is at rank #29,791, tagged as anadj, pronounced [zoˈliːdəs].

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 38245, this pair ranks #1,568,999 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of solide vs solides

Shared letters: deilos. Private to "solide": -. Private to "solides": -.

"solide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "solides" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solideoslide · sloide · soilde · soldie · solidde · solied · sollide · ssolide
  • solidesoslides · sloides · soildes · soldies · soliddes · solidess · solidse · solieds

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "solide" for "solides" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([zoˈliːdə] versus [zoˈliːdəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "solide" or "solides" show up more?
"solide" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,454 in our German list, against #29,791 for "solides". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "solide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "solides" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,568,999 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "solide" and "solides" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solider vs solides". 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 #1,568,999 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list