Soliton
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The verdict
“Soliton” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein System von Wellen, welches sich in einem Medium (zumeist Wasser) fortbewegt, ohne seine Form und Wellenlänge zu verändern; Voraussetzung für das Entstehen einer solitären Welle
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Index DE-soliton · Soliton · German
Soliton · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Soliton |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Soliton“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Soliton is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein System von Wellen, welches sich in einem Medium (zumeist Wasser) fortbewegt, ohne seine Form und Wellenlänge zu verändern; Voraussetzung für das Entstehen einer solitären Welle".
Soliton doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Soliton, spelled S-O-L-I-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1ein System von Wellen, welches sich in einem Medium (zumeist Wasser) fortbewegt, ohne seine Form und Wellenlänge zu verändern; Voraussetzung für das Entstehen einer solitären Welle
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Soliton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei einem Tsunami verbinden sich Solitonen zu Schwerewellen, die sich in etwa mit der Geschwindigkeit von Passagierflugzeugen fortbewegen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.