# solid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsɒl.ɪd/ · frequency rank #1,919

## Definitions
1. That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
2. Large in size, quantity, or value.
3. Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
4. Strong or unyielding.
5. Continuous and heavy.
6. Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
7. Hearty; filling.
8. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
9. Financially well off; wealthy.
10. Sound; not weak.
11. Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
12. Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
13. United; without division; unanimous.
14. Of a single color throughout.
15. United.
16. Intimately allied or friendly with.
17. Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
18. Entire, complete.
19. Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
20. Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **solo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-solo)
- **sound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-sound)
- **split** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-split)
- **solve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-solve)
- **sonic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-sonic)
- **Sonia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-sonia)
- **squid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-squid)
- **Solis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-solis)
- **solon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-solon)
- **sowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-sowed)
- **staid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-staid)
- **sordid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-sordid)
- **solidly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-solidly)
- **sol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sol-vs-solid)
- **Sid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sid-vs-solid)
- **sod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sod-vs-solid)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soi-vs-solid)
- **said** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/said-vs-solid)
- **sold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sold-vs-solid)
- **soil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soil-vs-solid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`oslid`, `sloid`, `soild`, `soldi`, `solidd`, `sollid`, `ssolid`

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