solange

/[zoˈlaŋə]/ conj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,210

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

solange is aGermanconj. It means: für die Dauer Pronounced [zoˈlaŋə]. It ranks #1,210 in German word frequency. Often confused with Stange and Spange.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of solange in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for solange is 7 letters long, classified as aconj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zoˈlaŋə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,210 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "für die Dauer".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for solange, with forms such as "oslange", "sloange", and "soalnge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Stange", "Spange", "strange", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is solange, spelled S-O-L-A-N-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    für die Dauer

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oslange,sloange,soalnge,solagne,solaneg,solangge,solannge,sollange,solnage,ssolange

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for solange

Misspelling Variants of "solange"

oslange7sloange7soalnge7solagne7solaneg7solangge8solannge8sollange8
Misspelling Variants of "solange"

Frequency rank: #1,210 in German

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 conj, "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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.