état solide
\e.ta so.lid\
The verdict
“état solide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État de la matière où une substance se trouve sous forme solide : dense, avec un volume et une forme propres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etat-solide · état solide · French
état solide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | état solide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ta so.lid\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “état solide” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
état solide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ta so.lid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de la matière où une substance se trouve sous forme solide : dense, avec un volume et une forme propres.".
état solide doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is état solide, spelled É-T-A-T- -S-O-L-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1État de la matière où une substance se trouve sous forme solide : dense, avec un volume et une forme propres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how état solide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La fusion est le changement d’état correspondant au passage de l’état solide à l’état liquide.
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