solvssolerWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“sol” and “soler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#833
“sol” frequency rank
#48,202
“soler” frequency rank
49035
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sol soler
Definition Cinquième note de la gamme. Nom donné dans l’Aisne à un cépage donnant du raisin noir, le peloursin.

Where the eye mixes sol and soler

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

3 ch
sol
5 ch
soler

Look-alike desk: sol vs soler

A purely visual mix-up. sol (\sɔl\) and soler (\sɔ.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “sol” sits inside “soler”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49035, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sol is recorded at frequency rank #833, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔl\. soler is at rank #48,202, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.le\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 49035, this pair ranks #173,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sol vs soler

Shared letters: los. Private to "sol": -. Private to "soler": er.

"sol" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "soler" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solerosler · sloer · soelr · solerr · soller · solre · ssoler

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sol" and "soler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\sɔl\ versus \sɔ.le\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sol" or "soler"?
"sol" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #833 in our French list, against #48,202 for "soler". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "sol" and "soler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #173,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sol" and "soler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "socles vs soler". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #173,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list