sol
/ˈsɔw/
The verdict
“sol” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #764 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #764
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - centro e principal astro do sistema solar
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sol |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɔw/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sol” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sol is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɔw/. Corpus data places it at rank #764 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sol, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "su", "SW", "sua", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is sol, spelled S-O-L.
Definition
- 1centro e principal astro do sistema solar
- 2estrela central de algum outro sistema planetário
- 3um dos corpos celestes que percorrem o zodíaco e que determina o signo (solar) de uma pessoa
- 4a luz e o calor do sol¹, percebidos na Terra:
- 5local com incidência dos raios do sol¹
- 6a quinta nota musical na escala de dó maior
- 7uma das claves ou registros da notação musical
- 8antiga unidade monetária do Peru
- 9sistema coloidal composto de um sólido disperso em um líquido
- 10espécie de peixe ósseo (Mola mola)
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Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɔw/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “su” - see the side-by-side comparison. sol vs su
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.