solivssolisWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#48,798
“soli” frequency rank
#42,054
“solis” frequency rank
90852
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soli solis
Definition Sous le faîtage, espace servant à engranger le foin (fenière) et où l'on peut aussi coucher, en y accédant par une échelle extérieure. Pluriel de soli.

Where the eye mixes soli and solis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. soli runs 4 letters (CVCV) against solis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
soli
5 ch
solis

Why the eye confuses soli with solis

A purely visual mix-up. soli (\sɔ.lo\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “soli” sits inside “solis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

soli is recorded at frequency rank #48,798, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.lo\. 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 90852, this pair ranks #4,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of soli vs solis

Shared letters: ilos. Private to "soli": -. Private to "solis": -.

"soli" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "solis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soli ← osli · sloi · soil · solli · ssoli
  • solis ← oslis · slois · soils · soliss · sollis · solsi · ssolis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "soli" and "solis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\sɔ.lo\ versus \sɔ.li\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "soli" or "solis"?
"solis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,054 in our French list, against #48,798 for "soli". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "soli" 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 #4,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soli" and "solis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soli vs spi". 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 #4,403 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