solives

\sɔ.liv\

/\sɔ.liv\/ noun

The verdict

“solives” is uncommon French (frequency #79,756 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,756
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de solive.

Corpus desk

Index FR-solives · solives · French

solives · rank #79,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,756
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH SMR

Nearest frequency peer: SMR (-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 « solives »

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 « solives » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for solives
PropertyValue
Headwordsolives
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔ.liv\
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,756
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « solives » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « SMR » (#79,755), « songeons » (#79,757), « soupçonnez » (#79,758). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « solives » est au #79,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

solives is uncommon French at frequency #79,756 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔ.liv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de solive.".

Zero misspellings are on record for solives 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is solives, spelled S-O-L-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de solive.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tandis que le potier s’accroupit sur le banc de bois, une jambe de chaque côté de la sellette garnie de son bloc d’argile, un apprenti, jeune rustre lippu et rougeaud, assis en contre-bas du tour, fait manœuvrer d’un mouvement régulier de son pied une planche fixée par une corde aux solives et qui imprime l’impulsion à la selle.

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 "solives"?
"solives" is spelled S-O-L-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.liv\.
What does "solives" mean?
As a noun, "solives" means: Pluriel de solive.
How do you pronounce "solives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "solives" is \sɔ.liv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "solives" come from?
"solives" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list