Which to use
“solitaire” and “solitaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,031
- “solitaire” frequency rank
- #18,877
- “solitaires” frequency rank
- 24908
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | solitaire | solitaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est seul ; qui vit dans la solitude. | Pluriel de solitaire. |
Same sound, different letters: solitaire vs solitaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. solitaire runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against solitaires's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - solitaire / solitaires
This is the hard kind. solitaire and solitaires are pronounced identically (\sɔ.li.tɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “solitaire” sits inside “solitaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
solitaire is recorded at frequency rank #6,031, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɔ.li.tɛʁ\. solitaires is at rank #18,877, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɔ.li.tɛʁ\.
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 24908, this pair ranks #343,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of solitaire vs solitaires
Shared letters: aeilorst. Private to "solitaire": -. Private to "solitaires": -.
"solitaire" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "solitaires" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- solitaire ← oslitaire · sloitaire · soiltaire · soliatire · solitaier · solitairre · solitarie · solitiare
- solitaires ← oslitaires · sloitaires · soiltaires · soliatires · solitaiers · solitairess · solitairres · solitairse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "solitaire" for "solitaires" ever safe?
Which is more common, "solitaire" or "solitaires"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "solitaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "solitaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "solitaire" and "solitaires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sociétaires vs solitaires". 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 #343,888 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.