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solécisme

French, noun/sɔ.le.sism/

solécisme is spelled S-O-L-É-C-I-S-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Solécisme is a French masculine noun meaning “solecism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faute contre les règles de la syntaxe”.

What does solécisme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesolecism

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Faute contre les règles de la syntaxe. 2. Faute quelconque.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of solécisme

  • solécismes plural
  • solœcisme alternative archaic

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce solécisme?

  • /sɔ.le.sism/
  • /sɔ.le.sizm/
  • \sɔ.le.sism\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to solécisme

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is solécisme in French?

solécisme appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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