Solitär
[zoliˈtɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Solitär” is an uncommon German word, ranked #57,412 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,412
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einzeln lebendes Wesen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Solitär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zoliˈtɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Solitär” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Solitär is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zoliˈtɛːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,412 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for Solitär in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Solitär, spelled S-O-L-I-T-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1einzeln lebendes Wesen
- 2einzeln stehende Pflanze
- 3allein stehendes Bauwerk
- 4einzeln vorliegender Befund
- 5ein einzeln gefasster Diamant oder Edelstein
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Solitär”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-O-L-I-T-Ä-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [zoliˈtɛːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.