solanum

noun

"solanum" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“solanum” is uncommon English (frequency #75,429 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,429
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any plant in the genus Solanum.

Corpus desk

Index EN-solanum · solanum · English

solanum · rank #75,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,429
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Solway

Nearest frequency peer: Solway (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “solanum”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “solanum” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for solanum
PropertyValue
Headwordsolanum
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,429
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “solanum” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).solanumfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Solway” (#75,430), “snubbing” (#75,427), “Somoza” (#75,431). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “solanum” is #75,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

solanum is uncommon English at frequency #75,429 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for solanum in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from translingual Solanum. The correct English form is solanum, spelled S-O-L-A-N-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any plant in the genus Solanum.
  2. 2
    A traditional green vegetable in the genus Solanum, specifically Solanum nigrum, and sometimes Solanum macrocarpon, Solanum scabrum, and Solanum villosum.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Solanum.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "solanum"?
"solanum" is spelled S-O-L-A-N-U-M.
What does "solanum" mean?
As a noun, "solanum" means: Any plant in the genus Solanum.
What is the origin of the word "solanum"?
Borrowed from translingual Solanum. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "solanum", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list