solidervsspiderTell them apart

Quick tell: solider is a adjective, spider is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“solider” is an adjective and “spider” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,290
“solider” frequency rank
#17,139
“spider” frequency rank
47429
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature solider spider
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs solide Spinne

Letter map: solider vs spider

Shared letters muted; letters that set solider and spider apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
solider
6 ch
spider

Part-of-speech tell for solider / spider

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: solider is anadjective and spideranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

solider is recorded at frequency rank #30,290, classified as anadj, pronounced [zoˈliːdɐ]. spider is at rank #17,139, tagged as anoun, 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 47429, this pair ranks #1,284,539 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of solider vs spider

Shared letters: deirs. Private to "solider": lo. Private to "spider": p.

"solider" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "spider" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solideroslider · sloider · soilder · soldier · solidder · soliderr · solidre · soliedr
  • spiderpsider · sipder · spdier · spidder · spiderr · spidre · spiedr · sppider

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "solider" and "spider" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "solider" is an adjective and "spider" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "solider" or "spider" show up more?
"spider" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,139 in our German list, against #30,290 for "solider". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "solider" and "spider".

  • Full dictionary entry for "solider" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "spider" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,284,539 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "solider" and "spider" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solider vs Solinger". 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 #1,284,539 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