soil
The verdict
“soil” is an uncommon French word, ranked #60,384 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #60,384
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de souil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soil” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for soil is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #60,384 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante de souil.".
No misspelling variants are generated for soil in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is soil, spelled S-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1Variante de souil.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “soil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.