# solder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #25,212

## Definitions
1. Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
2. Circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together, by analogy to solder that joins metals.

## Etymology
From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur (noun), from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (“to solder”, verb) (> Middle English souden (“to solder”)), from Latin solidāre (“make solid”).

## Easily confused with
- **sole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-sole)
- **solve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-solve)
- **sooner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-sooner)
- **spider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-spider)
- **somber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-somber)
- **solver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-solver)
- **Sommer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-sommer)
- **spyder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-spyder)
- **soldier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-soldier)
- **soldiers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-soldiers)
- **sold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sold-vs-solder)
- **solar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solar-vs-solder)
- **sober** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sober-vs-solder)
- **silver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/silver-vs-solder)
- **soccer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-solder)
- **seller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seller-vs-solder)
- **Snyder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snyder-vs-solder)
- **sender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-solder)
- **slider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slider-vs-solder)
- **sadder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadder-vs-solder)

## Common misspellings (9)
`oslder`, `sloder`, `sodler`, `soldder`, `solderr`, `soldre`, `soledr`, `sollder`, `ssolder`

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