solar
/ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/adjective, noun
solar is spelled S-O-L-A-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 34 times per million words in written English, the 2,831st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, solar means “Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in solar?
| Letters | 5: S-O-L-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 34 times per million words; the 2,831st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is solar?
Solar appears 34 times per million words in written English, the 2,831st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce solar?
- UK /ˈsəʊ.lə/
- US /ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/
Solar has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-solar.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with solar?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as solar from its last stressed vowel (/oʊləɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of solar
- solars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does solar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
solar light
- 2
obsoleteBorn under the predominant influence of the sun.
- 3
Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
- 4
Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
- 5
Employing solar power.
a solar furnace
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of solar energy.
- 2
A fictional currency used in science fiction.
- 3
A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.
adjective
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of solar (“pertaining to the Sun (the star Sol)”).
We have not yet the instruments that we want for that work, but I have asked for a Solar spectrograph, and I am already in the preliminary talkings to order a spectroheliograph […]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Solar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to the sun:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does solar come from?
From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).