soule
"soule" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“soule” is uncommon English (frequency #59,036 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,036
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of soul.
Corpus desk
Index EN-soule · soule · English
soule · rank #59,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,036
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH soundscape
Nearest frequency peer: soundscape (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “soule”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 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
- sperling
sperling
40,962 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “soule” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soule |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “soule” in English
Rare enough to double-check
soule is uncommon English at frequency #59,036 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete spelling of soul.".
Zero misspellings are on record for soule in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is soule, spelled S-O-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of soul.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how soule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His mercy is a panacea, a balſome for an afflicted ſoule, a Soveraigne medicine, an alexipharmacum for all ſinne, a charme for the Divell, his mercy was great to Solomon, to Manaſſes, to Peter, great to all offenders, and whoſoever thou art, it may be ſo to thee.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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