sol
[ˈsol]
The verdict
“sol” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #716 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #716
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estrella del sistema planetario en el que se encuentra la Tierra.
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 | sol |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsol] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sol” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sol is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsol]. Corpus data places it at rank #716 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for sol in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "su", "st", "sy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sol, spelled S-O-L.
Definition
- 1Estrella del sistema planetario en el que se encuentra la Tierra.
- 2Cuerpo celeste en estado de combustión autosostenida, y que por ende produce luz propia.
- 3Unidad de duración que mide la longitud de un día solar en Marte.
- 4Luz y calor que se desprenden del sol₁.
- 5El día.
- 6Todo lo hermoso y brillante..
- 7Un día de camino..
- 8Entre polvoristas, rueda que gira en torno de un eje y despide fuegos en forma de rayos..
- 9Epíteto que se da a alguna persona especial en belleza, sabiduría o santidad.
- 10Un género de encajes de labor antigua..
- 11Cualquier cosa que da luz física o moral..
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsol] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “su” - see the side-by-side comparison. sol vs su
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.