sol

/ˈsɔw/

//ˈsɔw// noun

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The verdict

“sol” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #764) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#764
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - centro e principal astro do sistema solar

Corpus desk

Index PT-sol · sol · Portuguese

sol · rank #764 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #764
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH serão

Nearest frequency peer: serão (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “sol”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “sol” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sol vs su
33% similar
sol vs SW
0% similar
sol vs sua
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sol
PropertyValue
Headwordsol
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɔw/
Letters3
Frequency rank#764
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “sol”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.solcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “serão” (#763), “resposta” (#762), “trata” (#766). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sol” fica em #764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for sol is neighbouring look-alikes ("su", "SW", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈsɔw/. Frequency #764 among 1,185 “S” headwords. 10 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

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

  1. 1
    centro e principal astro do sistema solar
  2. 2
    estrela central de algum outro sistema planetário
  3. 3
    um dos corpos celestes que percorrem o zodíaco e que determina o signo (solar) de uma pessoa
  4. 4
    a luz e o calor do sol¹, percebidos na Terra:
  5. 5
    local com incidência dos raios do sol¹
  6. 6
    a quinta nota musical na escala de dó maior
  7. 7
    uma das claves ou registros da notação musical
  8. 8
    antiga unidade monetária do Peru
  9. 9
    sistema coloidal composto de um sólido disperso em um líquido
  10. 10
    espécie de peixe ósseo (Mola mola)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O sol ia caindo... Longe, chiava um carro de bois. Uma aragem fresca sacudia as ingazeiras, e a água do riacho corria com um murmúrio suave a que se casava o canto dos pássaros.
  2. Quando passas, bem amada, — Clarão, perfume, harmonia — Raia o sol e rompe o dia Na minh’alma deslumbrada.

Synonyms

fá dobrado sustenidolá dobrado bemolpeixe-lua

Antonyms

sombra

This word in other languages

sun(English)sol(Español)soleil(Français)Sonne(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sol"?
"sol" is spelled S-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɔw/.
What does "sol" mean?
As a noun, "sol" means: centro e principal astro do sistema solar
What words are commonly confused with "sol"?
"sol" is commonly confused with "su", "SW", "sua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sol" is /ˈsɔw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sol" come from?
"sol" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sol", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list