solervssolisTell them apart

Which to use

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

#48,202
“soler” frequency rank
#42,054
“solis” frequency rank
90256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soler solis
Definition Nom donné dans l’Aisne à un cépage donnant du raisin noir, le peloursin. Pluriel de soli.

Where the eye mixes soler and solis

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

5 ch
soler
5 ch
solis

Look-alike desk: soler vs solis

A purely visual mix-up. soler (\sɔ.le\) and solis (\sɔ.li\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

soler is recorded at frequency rank #48,202, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.le\. solis is at rank #42,054, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.li\.

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 90256, this pair ranks #4,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of soler vs solis

Shared letters: los. Private to "soler": er. Private to "solis": i.

"soler" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "solis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solerosler · sloer · soelr · solerr · soller · solre · ssoler
  • solisoslis · slois · soils · soliss · sollis · solsi · ssolis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "soler" and "solis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\sɔ.le\ versus \sɔ.li\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "soler" vs "solis" - which ranks higher?
"solis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,054 in our French list, against #48,202 for "soler". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "soler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "solis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soler" and "solis" 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 #4,961 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