Solon
The verdict
“Solon” is uncommon French (frequency #66,352 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,352
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme d’État, législateur et poète athénien (né à Athènes vers 640 av. J.-C. et mort sur l’île de Chypre vers 558 av. J.-C.).
Corpus desk
Index FR-solon · Solon · French
Solon · rank #66,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,352
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH somewhere
Nearest frequency peer: somewhere (+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 « Solon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sinistré
sinistré
33,653 corpus weight
- Solon
Solon
33,649 corpus weight
- somewhere
somewhere
33,648 corpus weight
- spelling
spelling
33,647 corpus weight
- spes
spes
33,646 corpus weight
- stray
stray
33,645 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Solon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Solon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Solon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Solon is uncommon French at frequency #66,352 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme d’État, législateur et poète athénien (né à Athènes vers 640 av. J.-C. et mort sur l’île de Chypre vers 558 av. J.-C.).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Solon, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Solon, spelled S-O-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Homme d’État, législateur et poète athénien (né à Athènes vers 640 av. J.-C. et mort sur l’île de Chypre vers 558 av. J.-C.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Solon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur le ton d'une scrupuleuse et péremptoire solennité, tel un Solon édictant les lois de la cité, il déclara au gouverneur Gosford : ….
L’enjeu de l’annulation de la dette est une constante dans l’histoire. Il faut se souvenir de Solon [élu archonte d’Athènes au VIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.] et de sa loi dite de la « délivrance du fardeau » qui a permis d’asseoir la démocratie athénienne sur l’annulation des dettes qui réduisaient de plus en plus de débiteurs à l’esclavage, cinq siècles avant l’è…
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.
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