solstices
\sɔl.stis\
The verdict
“solstices” is uncommon French (frequency #90,207 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,207
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de solstice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-solstices · solstices · French
solstices · rank #90,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,207
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sommeliers
Nearest frequency peer: sommeliers (+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 « solstices »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- solari
solari
9,797 corpus weight
- solda
solda
9,796 corpus weight
- solstices
solstices
9,794 corpus weight
- sommeliers
sommeliers
9,793 corpus weight
- sortiez
sortiez
9,792 corpus weight
- souffrirai
souffrirai
9,791 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « solstices » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | solstices |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔl.stis\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « solstices » en français
Rare enough to double-check
solstices is uncommon French at frequency #90,207 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔl.stis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de solstice.".
Zero misspellings are on record for solstices in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is solstices, spelled S-O-L-S-T-I-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de 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.
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