solista

/[soˈlist̪a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,965

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

solista is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que ejecuta un solo de una pieza vocal o instrumental. Pronounced [soˈlist̪a]. Often confused with solía and Solís.

Key facts for solista
PropertyValue
Headwordsolista
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[soˈlist̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,965
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of solista in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for solista is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [soˈlist̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,965 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona que ejecuta un solo de una pieza vocal o instrumental.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for solista, with forms such as "oslista", "sloista", and "soilsta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "solía", "Solís", "sólida", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is solista, spelled S-O-L-I-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que ejecuta un solo de una pieza vocal o instrumental.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oslista,sloista,soilsta,solisat,solissta,solistta,solitsa,sollista,solsita,ssolista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for solista

Misspelling Variants of "solista"

oslista7sloista7soilsta7solisat7solissta8solistta8solitsa7sollista8
Misspelling Variants of "solista"

Frequency rank: #15,965 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "solista"?
"solista" is spelled S-O-L-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [soˈlist̪a].
What does "solista" mean?
As a noun, "solista" means: Persona que ejecuta un solo de una pieza vocal o instrumental.
What words are commonly confused with "solista"?
"solista" is commonly confused with "solía", "Solís", "sólida". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "solista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "solista" is [soˈlist̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "solista" come from?
"solista" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.