solitaire
/ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/
"solitaire" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“solitaire” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #28,733 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,733
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | solitaire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #28,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “solitaire” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for solitaire is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,733 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for solitaire, with forms such as "oslitaire", "sloitaire", and "soiltaire". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "solitary", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French solitaire, ultimately from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitary. The correct English form is solitaire, spelled S-O-L-I-T-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.
- 2A game for one person, played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping", as in draughts.
- 3Any of various card games that can be played by one person.
- 4Ellipsis of Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct bird related to the dodo.
- 5Ellipsis of Réunion solitaire (Raphus solitarius, now Threskiornis solitarius), an extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo.
- 6One of several American species of bird in the genus Myadestes in the thrush family.
- 7A single gem, usually a diamond, mounted in a piece of jewellery by itself.
- 8A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.
Etymology
Borrowed from French solitaire, ultimately from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitary.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oslitaire,sloitaire,soiltaire,soliatire,solitaier,solitairre,solitarie,solitiare,solittaire,sollitaire,soltiaire,ssolitaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of solitaire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “solitaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-O-L-I-T-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “solitary” - see the side-by-side comparison. solitaire vs solitary
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.