solus

Name: solus, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“solus” is uncommon English (frequency #67,061 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,061
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction)

Corpus desk

Index EN-solus · solus · English

solus · rank #67,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #67,061
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH soppy

Nearest frequency peer: soppy (+1 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.

sojourner

32,943
Solas

32,942
solus

32,940
soppy

32,939
soundboard

32,938
souped

32,937

What this shows Long-tail view: where “solus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Key facts for solus
Property	Value
Headword	solus
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#67,061
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “solus” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).solusfalls in this rarity band:

#67,061

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “soppy” (#67,062), “Solas” (#67,059), “soundboard” (#67,063). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “solus” is #67,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

solus is uncommon English at frequency #67,061 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction)".

solus has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin sōlus. The correct English form is solus, spelled S-O-L-U-S.

Definition

1
alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how solus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Enter Hector solus.

Etymology

From Latin sōlus.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "solus"?

"solus" is spelled S-O-L-U-S.

What does "solus" mean?

As an adjective, "solus" means: alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction)

What is the origin of the word "solus"?

From Latin sōlus. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "solus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soppy#67,062 Solas#67,059 smote#67,054 stupa#67,081