# solace

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɒl.ɪs/ · frequency rank #20,228

## Definitions
1. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
2. A source of comfort or consolation.

## Etymology
From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).

## Easily confused with
- **sole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solace-vs-sole)
- **space** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solace-vs-space)
- **solar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solace-vs-solar)
- **solve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solace-vs-solve)
- **source** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solace-vs-source)
- **splice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solace-vs-splice)
- **solano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solace-vs-solano)
- **solute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solace-vs-solute)
- **sola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sola-vs-solace)
- **slave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slave-vs-solace)
- **slice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slice-vs-solace)
- **slate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slate-vs-solace)
- **slack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slack-vs-solace)
- **slade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-solace)

## Common misspellings (8)
`oslace`, `sloace`, `soalce`, `solacce`, `solaec`, `solcae`, `sollace`, `ssolace`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/solace