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solid

/ˈsɑ.lɪd/adjective, adverb, noun

solid is spelled S-O-L-I-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 54 times per million words in written English, the 1,899th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, solid means “That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in solid?

Letters5: S-O-L-I-D
Syllables1
In writing54 times per million words; the 1,899th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 solid?

Solid appears 54 times per million words in written English, the 1,899th 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 solid?

  • UK /ˈsɒl.ɪd/
  • US /ˈsɑ.lɪd/

Solid has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-solid.wav, En-us-solid.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with solid?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as solid from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlɪd/):

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 solid

  • more solid comparative
  • solider comparative
  • most solid superlative
  • solidest superlative
  • solids plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does solid mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.

    Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.

  2. 2

    Appreciably large in size, quantity, or value.

  3. 3

    Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.

    solid gold

  4. 4

    Strong or unyielding.

    a solid foundation

  5. 5

    Continuous and heavy.

  6. 6

    slangExcellent, of high quality, or reliable.

    That's a solid plan.

  7. 7

    Hearty; filling.

    a solid meal

  8. 8

    Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.

adverb

  1. 1

    Solidly.

  2. 2

    Without spaces or hyphens.

    Many long-established compounds are set solid.

noun

  1. 1

    A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).

  2. 2

    A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).

  3. 3

    informalA favor.

    Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.

  4. 4

    An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.

    I prefer solids over paisleys.

  5. 5

    Food which is not liquid-based.

    The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.

noun

as SOLID
  1. 1

    Acronym of single responsibility, open-closed, Liskov substitution, interface segregation and dependency inversion, a set of design principles promoting maintainability and extensibility.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Solid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchsolide (in the solid state), massif (large, massive), plein (lacking holes or hollows)
Germanfest (in the solid state), massiv (large, massive), kompakt (lacking holes or hollows), deftig (extremely filling), solide (strong, unyielding (as of foundations etc)), Festkörper (chemistry: fundamental state of matter)
Portuguesesólido (in the solid state), massivo (large, massive), saciador (extremely filling)
Spanishsólido (in the solid state), masivo (large, massive), macizo (lacking holes or hollows), continuo, junto (typography: written as one word), cuerpo (geometry: three-dimensional object)

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 solid come from?

From Middle English solide, borrowed from Old French solide, from Latin solidus (“solid”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s (“entire”), suffixed form of root *solh₂- (“integrate, whole”). Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solidus, sou, and xu.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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