soldier
\ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ\
The verdict
“soldier” is uncommon French (frequency #53,640 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,640
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soldier · soldier · French
soldier · rank #53,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,640
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sirotant
Nearest frequency peer: sirotant (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « soldier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sio
sio
46,363 corpus weight
- sirotant
sirotant
46,362 corpus weight
- soldier
soldier
46,361 corpus weight
- sortirez
sortirez
46,360 corpus weight
- soudeur
soudeur
46,359 corpus weight
- souhaités
souhaités
46,358 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « soldier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soldier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « soldier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
soldier is uncommon French at frequency #53,640 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
soldier has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 soldier, spelled S-O-L-D-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Soldat.
- 2Mouillette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how soldier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
FEMME : Soldier, Soldier, Won't you marry me? With your musket, fife and drum? SOLDAT : Oh no, sweet maid, I cannot marry you, For I have no hat to put on.
Synonyms
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).