solo

\sɔ.lo\

/\sɔ.lo\/ adj

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The verdict

“solo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,366) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,366
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un instrument ou un instrumentiste qui joue seul.

Corpus desk

Index FR-solo · solo · French

solo · rank #3,366 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,366
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH signer

Nearest frequency peer: signer (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « solo »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « solo » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

solo vs son
50% similar
solo vs sou
50% similar
solo vs SOS
0% similar

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

Key facts for solo
PropertyValue
Headwordsolo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɔ.lo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,366
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « solo »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).solose place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « signer » (#3,365), « supplémentaire » (#3,367), « seuil » (#3,364). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « solo » est au #3,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for solo is neighbouring look-alikes ("son", "sou", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \sɔ.lo\. Frequency #3,366 among 6,032 “S” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for solo, with forms such as "sloo", "sollo", and "sool". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "son", "sou", "SOS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is solo, spelled S-O-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie un instrument ou un instrumentiste qui joue seul.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une ascension sans assurage par un second alpiniste ou grimpeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Violon solo, clarinette solo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sloo
  • sollo
  • sool
  • ssolo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of solo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

sloo2sollo1sool2ssolo1
Edit distance from "solo"

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 "solo"?
"solo" is spelled S-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.lo\.
What does "solo" mean?
As an adjective, "solo" means: Qualifie un instrument ou un instrumentiste qui joue seul.
What words are commonly confused with "solo"?
"solo" is commonly confused with "son", "sou", "SOS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "solo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "solo" is \sɔ.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "solo" come from?
"solo" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

team#3,368vins#3,370paie#3,345Iran#3,339

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list