solace
/ˈsɒl.ɪs/
"solace" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“solace” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,228
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
Corpus desk
Index EN-solace · solace · English
solace · rank #20,228 · 8 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,228
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH skid
Nearest frequency peer: skid (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “solace”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sinus
sinus
79,776 corpus weight
- situ
situ
79,775 corpus weight
- skid
skid
79,774 corpus weight
- solace
solace
79,773 corpus weight
- spanking
spanking
79,772 corpus weight
- specialize
specialize
79,771 corpus weight
What this shows “solace” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | solace |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɒl.ɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “solace”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around solace (IPA /ˈsɒl.ɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,228 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for solace, with forms such as "oslace", "sloace", and "soalce". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "sole", "space", "solar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”). The correct English form is solace, spelled S-O-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
- 2A source of comfort or consolation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how solace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.
September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
Etymology
From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oslace
- sloace
- soalce
- solacce
- solaec
- solcae
- sollace
- ssolace
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of solace - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).