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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soli" and "solis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "soli" or "solis"?
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.