solly
"solly" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“solly” is uncommon English (frequency #59,033 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,033
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pronunciation spelling of sorry, mimicking an Asian accent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-solly · solly · English
solly · rank #59,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,033
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sobel
Nearest frequency peer: Sobel (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “solly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- snowshoe
snowshoe
40,971 corpus weight
- Sobel
Sobel
40,970 corpus weight
- solly
solly
40,968 corpus weight
- soule
soule
40,965 corpus weight
- soundscape
soundscape
40,964 corpus weight
- spangler
spangler
40,963 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “solly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | solly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “solly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
solly is uncommon English at frequency #59,033 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pronunciation spelling of sorry, mimicking an Asian accent.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for solly, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Pronunciation spelling of sorry. In many Eastern countries, people have difficulty with distinguishing the sounds of the letters l and r. See also Japanese speakers learning r and l The correct English form is solly, spelled S-O-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Pronunciation spelling of sorry, mimicking an Asian accent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how solly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some years back, when I was leaving China for England with young children, their faithful Chinese nurse kept on repeating to the little ones the following remarkable sentence, "My too muchey solly you go steamah; you no solly my."
"I'm solly," he said; then he seemed to realize more clearly that the lady's honour had to be vindicated before all these "girls," and he repeated more loudly and without being asked, "I'm velly solly."
Etymology
Pronunciation spelling of sorry. In many Eastern countries, people have difficulty with distinguishing the sounds of the letters l and r. See also Japanese speakers learning r and l
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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