Which to use
“soli” and “soya” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,798
- “soli” frequency rank
- #49,368
- “soya” frequency rank
- 98166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soli | soya |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Sauce de soja. |
Where the eye mixes soli and soya
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. soli (CVCV) and soya (CVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: soli vs soya
A purely visual mix-up. soli (\sɔ.lo\) and soya (\sɔ.ja\) 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 98166, 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\. soya is at rank #49,368, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.ja\.
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 98166, this pair ranks #189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soli vs soya
Shared letters: os. Private to "soli": il. Private to "soya": ay.
"soli" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "soya" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soli" and "soya" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "soli" vs "soya" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "soya" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soli" and "soya" 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 #189 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.