soliloque

\sɔ.li.lɔk\

/\sɔ.li.lɔk\/ noun

The verdict

“soliloque” is uncommon French (frequency #86,194 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,194
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monologue d’une personne qui réfléchit à haute voix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soliloque · soliloque · French

soliloque · rank #86,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,194
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH solidifié

Nearest frequency peer: solidifié (-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 « soliloque »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « soliloque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for soliloque
PropertyValue
Headwordsoliloque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔ.li.lɔk\
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,194
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « soliloque » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).soliloquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « solidifié » (#86,193), « somnoler » (#86,195), « sociabiliser » (#86,192). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soliloque » est au #86,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soliloque is uncommon French at frequency #86,194 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔ.li.lɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monologue d’une personne qui réfléchit à haute voix.".

No misspelling variants are generated for soliloque in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 soliloque, spelled S-O-L-I-L-O-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monologue d’une personne qui réfléchit à haute voix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je dois savoir endurer le ridicule et le blâme, pourvu qu’ils ne soient pas mérités. Après ce petit soliloque, je me raffermis si bien que j’aurais été intrépide, si j’eusse eu besoin de l’être.
  2. Il parlait, il parlait tout seul, le jour, la nuit, campé devant les choses inertes, les poteaux télégraphiques et les arbres des chemins, dans des soliloques qui n’en finissaient pas.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "soliloque"?
"soliloque" is spelled S-O-L-I-L-O-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.li.lɔk\.
What does "soliloque" mean?
As a noun, "soliloque" means: Monologue d’une personne qui réfléchit à haute voix.
How do you pronounce "soliloque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soliloque" is \sɔ.li.lɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soliloque" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list