soldat

\sɔl.da\

/\sɔl.da\/ noun

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The verdict

“soldat” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,504
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui sert dans une armée, et reçoit une solde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soldat · soldat · French

soldat · rank #3,504 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,504
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH réception

Nearest frequency peer: réception (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « soldat »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « soldat » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

soldat vs solde
67% similar
soldat vs soudan
67% similar
soldat vs solder
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for soldat
PropertyValue
Headwordsoldat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔl.da\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,504
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soldat »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).soldatse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réception » (#3,503), « victor » (#3,505), « Roger » (#3,502). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soldat » est au #3,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around soldat (IPA \sɔl.da\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,504 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Celui qui sert dans une armée, et reçoit une solde.
  2. 2
    Grade 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.
  3. 3
    Grade des Forces armées canadiennes.
  4. 4
    Celui qui n’a pas de grade.
  5. 5
    Caractère, qualités, manières de ceux qui servent dans l’armée.
  6. 6
    Celui qui sert une cause, qui combat pour elle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how soldat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Outre l’ascension du peintre refoulé devenu soldat fanatique puis sauveur vénéré d’une Allemagne en perdition, le musée abordait l’Holocauste et ses millions de victimes, photographies sans concession à l’appui, montrant comment la folie d’une poignée d’individus ultra déterminés avait mené le pays dans l’horreur.
  2. Stendhal dit quelque part que le soldat ne craint pas la mort, parce qu'il espère bien l'éviter par son industrie ; cela s’appliquait tout à fait à ce genre de guerre que nous faisions.

This word in other languages

soldier(English)soldado(Español)Soldat(Deutsch)

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.

osldat2slodat2sodlat2soladt2soldatt1solddat1soldta2solldat1
Edit distance from "soldat"

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 "soldat"?
"soldat" is spelled S-O-L-D-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔl.da\.
What does "soldat" mean?
As a noun, "soldat" means: Celui qui sert dans une armée, et reçoit une solde.
What words are commonly confused with "soldat"?
"soldat" is commonly confused with "solde", "soudan", "solder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soldat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soldat" is \sɔl.da\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soldat" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "soldat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

victor#3,505étions#3,507amende#3,508amener#3,509

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

atteinte9 variantspertes9 variantsmajeure9 variantslecteur9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list