solaris

\sɔ.la.ʁis\

/\sɔ.la.ʁis\/ noun

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The verdict

“solaris” is uncommon French (frequency #54,911 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,911
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cépage donnant du raisin blanc. Il s'agit d'une espèce obtenue par un croisement réalisé en 1975 par Norbert Becker entre le merzling et le geisenheim 6493. La culture de ce cépage d'origine allema...

Key facts for solaris
PropertyValue
Headwordsolaris
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔ.la.ʁis\
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,911
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “solaris” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). solaris lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

solaris is uncommon French at frequency #54,911 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔ.la.ʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cépage donnant du raisin blanc. Il s'agit d'une espèce obtenue par un croisement réalisé en 1975 par Norbert Becker entre le merzling et le geisenheim 6493. La culture de ce cépage d'origine allema...".

No misspelling variants are generated for solaris in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is solaris, spelled S-O-L-A-R-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cépage donnant du raisin blanc. Il s'agit d'une espèce obtenue par un croisement réalisé en 1975 par Norbert Becker entre le merzling et le geisenheim 6493. La culture de ce cépage d'origine allemande est autorisée en France. Il s'agit d'un hybride interspécifique qui possède des gènes de quatre espèces du genre Vitis'.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "solaris"?
"solaris" is spelled S-O-L-A-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.la.ʁis\.
What does "solaris" mean?
As a noun, "solaris" means: Cépage donnant du raisin blanc. Il s'agit d'une espèce obtenue par un croisement réalisé en 1975 par Norbert Becker entre le merzling et le geisenheim 6493. La culture de ce cépage d'origine allema...
How do you pronounce "solaris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "solaris" is \sɔ.la.ʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "solaris" come from?
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Using “solaris”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-O-L-A-R-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sɔ.la.ʁis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list