soldat
\sɔl.da\
The verdict
“soldat” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,504 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,504
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui sert dans une armée, et reçoit une solde.
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 | soldat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔl.da\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soldat” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for soldat is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɔl.da\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,504 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for soldat, with forms such as "osldat", "slodat", and "sodlat". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "solde", "soudan", "solder", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 soldat, spelled S-O-L-D-A-T.
Definition
- 1Celui qui sert dans une armée, et reçoit une solde.
- 2Grade donné dans l’Armée de terre et l’Armée de l’air françaises, situé au plus bas de la hiérarchie, correspondant au matelot dans la Marine nationale française. Le code OTAN : OR-1.
- 3Grade des Forces armées canadiennes.
- 4Celui qui n’a pas de grade.
- 5Caractère, qualités, manières de ceux qui servent dans l’armée.
- 6Celui qui sert une cause, qui combat pour elle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osldat,slodat,sodlat,soladt,soldatt,solddat,soldta,solldat,ssoldat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soldat - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “soldat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-L-D-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɔl.da\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “solde” - see the side-by-side comparison. soldat vs solde
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.