soliloquy
/səˈlɪləkwi/
"soliloquy" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“soliloquy” is an uncommon English word, ranked #56,453 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,453
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soliloquy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /səˈlɪləkwi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,453 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soliloquy” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for soliloquy is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /səˈlɪləkwi/. Corpus data places it at rank #56,453 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for soliloquy in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: 1595–1605; From Late Latin sōliloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum libri duo ("Two Books of Soliloquies"), from sōlus (“only, sole”) + loquor (“to speak”). The correct English form is soliloquy, spelled S-O-L-I-L-O-Q-U-Y.
Definition
- 1The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
- 2A speech or written discourse in this form.
Etymology
1595–1605; From Late Latin sōliloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum libri duo ("Two Books of Soliloquies"), from sōlus (“only, sole”) + loquor (“to speak”).
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “soliloquy”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-O-L-I-L-O-Q-U-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /səˈlɪləkwi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.