so'svsSolisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: so's is a contraction, Solis is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“so's” is a contraction and “Solis” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,171
“so's” frequency rank
#36,342
“Solis” frequency rank
74513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature so's Solis
Definition So that, in order that. A surname.

Letter map: so's vs Solis

Shared letters muted; letters that set so's and Solis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. so's runs 3 letters (CVC) against Solis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
so's
5 ch
Solis

Role in the sentence - so's and Solis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: so's is acontraction and Solisaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

so's is recorded at frequency rank #38,171, classified as acontraction. Solis is at rank #36,342, tagged as aname.

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 74513, this pair ranks #36,120 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of so's vs Solis

Shared letters: os. Private to "so's": -. Private to "Solis": il.

"so's" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Solis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Solis ← oslis · slois · soils · soliss · sollis · solsi · ssolis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "so's" and "Solis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "so's" is a contraction and "Solis" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "so's" or "Solis" show up more?
"Solis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,342 in our English list, against #38,171 for "so's". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "so's" vs "Solis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "so's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Solis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,120 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "so's" and "Solis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "so's vs suds". 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 #36,120 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list