solstice

\sɔl.stis\

/\sɔl.stis\/ noun

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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
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-solstice · solstice · French

solstice · rank #29,543 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,543
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH solidarités

Nearest frequency peer: solidarités (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « solstice »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « solstice » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for solstice
PropertyValue
Headwordsolstice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔl.stis\
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,543
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « solstice »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).solsticese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « solidarités » (#29,542), « sonate » (#29,544), « Sissi » (#29,541). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « solstice » est au #29,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around solstice (IPA \sɔl.stis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,543 among 6,032 “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

  1. 1
    Chacune des deux époques où le Soleil est arrivé à son plus grand éloignement de l’équateur et paraît être stationnaire pendant quelques jours.
  2. 2
    Jour comprenant cet évènement, dont le jour (par opposition à la nuit) est le plus long ou le plus court dans une année.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les solstices marquent les moments de l’année où les hémisphères reçoivent des quantités de lumière solaire les plus contrastées – et que les jours et les nuits sont les plus inégaux.
  2. Le calendrier chinois est luni-solaire, c’est-à-dire qu’il est basé sur l’année solaire débutant au solstice d’hiver.

This word in other languages

solstice(English)solsticio(Español)Solstitium(Deutsch)solstício(Português)

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.

oslstice2slostice2sollstice1solsitce2solsstice1solstcie2solsticce1solstiec2
Edit distance from "solstice"

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 "solstice"?
"solstice" is spelled S-O-L-S-T-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔl.stis\.
What does "solstice" mean?
As a noun, "solstice" means: Chacune des deux époques où le Soleil est arrivé à son plus grand éloignement de l’équateur et paraît être stationnaire pendant quelques jours.
What are common misspellings of "solstice"?
Common misspellings include "oslstice", "slostice", "sollstice", "solsitce", "solsstice". The correct spelling is "solstice".
How do you pronounce "solstice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "solstice" is \sɔl.stis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "solstice" come from?
"solstice" 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 "solstice", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sottises#29,545stranger#29,552republic#29,517rentrais#29,516

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

savamment12 variantsrégnant12 variantsralentis12 variantsvergogne12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list