solange

[zoˈlaŋə]

/[zoˈlaŋə]/ conj

The verdict

“solange” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,210
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für die Dauer

Corpus desk

Index DE-solange · solange · German

solange · rank #1,210 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,210
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sobald

Nearest frequency peer: sobald (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „solange“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „solange“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

solange vs Stange
57% similar
solange vs Spange
57% similar
solange vs strange
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for solange
PropertyValue
Headwordsolange
LanguageGerman
Part of speechConjunction
IPA[zoˈlaŋə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,210
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „solange“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.solangeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „sobald“ (#1,209), „Sonne“ (#1,211), „Regeln“ (#1,208). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „solange“ bei #1,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around solange (IPA [zoˈlaŋə]), aconjunction. Corpus frequency is #1,210 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "für die Dauer".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for solange, with forms such as "oslange", "sloange", and "soalnge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Stange", "Spange", "strange", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is solange, spelled S-O-L-A-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    für die Dauer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how solange appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Präsident sagte, solange er im Amt sei, gebe es keine weiteren Steuererhöhungen.
  2. Solange du so faul bist, wirst du keine Beförderung bekommen.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oslange
  • sloange
  • soalnge
  • solagne
  • solaneg
  • solangge
  • solannge
  • sollange
  • solnage
  • ssolange

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of solange - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oslange2sloange2soalnge2solagne2solaneg2solangge1solannge1sollange1
Edit distance from "solange"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "solange"?
"solange" is spelled S-O-L-A-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [zoˈlaŋə].
What does "solange" mean?
As a conjunction, "solange" means: für die Dauer
What words are commonly confused with "solange"?
"solange" is commonly confused with "Stange", "Spange", "strange". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "solange"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "solange" is [zoˈlaŋə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "solange" come from?
"solange" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "solange", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list