solitaire

\sɔ.li.tɛʁ\

/\sɔ.li.tɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“solitaire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,031. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,031
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est seul ; qui vit dans la solitude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-solitaire · solitaire · French

solitaire · rank #6,031 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,031
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH secrète

Nearest frequency peer: secrète (-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 « solitaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « solitaire » 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).

solitaire vs solitaires
90% similar
solitaire vs solaire
78% similar
solitaire vs solidaire
89% similar

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

Key facts for solitaire
PropertyValue
Headwordsolitaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɔ.li.tɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,031
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « solitaire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.solitairese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « secrète » (#6,030), « soutiens » (#6,032), « sanctions » (#6,029). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « solitaire » est au #6,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around solitaire (IPA \sɔ.li.tɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,031 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for solitaire, with forms such as "oslitaire", "sloitaire", and "soiltaire". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "solitaires", "solaire", "solidaire", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is solitaire, spelled S-O-L-I-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est seul ; qui vit dans la solitude.
  2. 2
    Qui est seul ; qui vit dans la solitude.
  3. 3
    Qualifie un lieu désert, un lieu éloigné du commerce du monde.
  4. 4
    Relatif à Saint-Jean-aux-Bois, commune française située dans le département de l’Oise, dont l'ancien nom était La Solitude.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’hiver, lorsque la neige a cessé de tomber depuis quelques jours, lorsque l’armée des sapins noirs immobiles se détache sur le sol blanc, le voyageur solitaire doit se défendre contre un sentiment de crainte, presque d’angoisse.
  2. Tu étais de plus en plus malade, solitaire, retranché en toi-même.

This word in other languages

solitary(English)solitario(Español)solitário(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oslitaire
  • sloitaire
  • soiltaire
  • soliatire
  • solitaier
  • solitairre
  • solitarie
  • solitiare
  • solittaire
  • sollitaire
  • soltiaire
  • ssolitaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of solitaire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oslitaire2sloitaire2soiltaire2soliatire2solitaier2solitairre1solitarie2solitiare2
Edit distance from "solitaire"

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 "solitaire"?
"solitaire" is spelled S-O-L-I-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.li.tɛʁ\.
What does "solitaire" mean?
As an adjective, "solitaire" means: Qui est seul ; qui vit dans la solitude.
What words are commonly confused with "solitaire"?
"solitaire" is commonly confused with "solitaires", "solaire", "solidaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "solitaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "solitaire" is \sɔ.li.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "solitaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sanctions#6,029trentaine#6,039regardent#6,019animateur#6,049

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

récupéré12 variantsprêtres12 variantspréférée12 variantsjaponaise12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list