sollen
\ˈzɔ.lən\
The verdict
“sollen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devoir, être obligé (de faire quelque chose).
Corpus desk
Index FR-sollen · sollen · French
sollen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sollen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈzɔ.lən\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sollen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sollen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈzɔ.lən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sollen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sollen, spelled S-O-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Devoir, être obligé (de faire quelque chose).
- 2« on dit que », on rapporte que ; supposément, être censé de, verbe au conditionnel.
- 3Verbe modal pour exprimer une recommandation, dans ce cas, sollen est employé en conditionnel:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sollen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich soll das machen.
Ich sollte das nicht tun.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.