solstice
\sɔl.stis\
The verdict
“solstice” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,543
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chacune des deux époques où le Soleil est arrivé à son plus grand éloignement de l’équateur et paraît être stationnaire pendant quelques jours.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | solstice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔl.stis\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “solstice” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around solstice (IPA \sɔl.stis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,543 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for solstice, with forms such as "oslstice", "slostice", and "sollstice". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 solstice, spelled S-O-L-S-T-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Chacune des deux époques où le Soleil est arrivé à son plus grand éloignement de l’équateur et paraît être stationnaire pendant quelques jours.
- 2Jour comprenant cet évènement, dont le jour (par opposition à la nuit) est le plus long ou le plus court dans une année.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oslstice
- slostice
- sollstice
- solsitce
- solsstice
- solstcie
- solsticce
- solstiec
- solsttice
- soltsice
- sosltice
- ssolstice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of solstice - 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.
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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Using “solstice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-L-S-T-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɔl.stis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.