solista

//su.ˈliʃ.tɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,682

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

solista is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pessoa que executa um solo musical ou que é perita em música, principalmente nos solos Pronounced /su.ˈliʃ.tɐ/. Often confused with solta and sexista.

Key facts for solista
PropertyValue
Headwordsolista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/su.ˈliʃ.tɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,682
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of solista in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for solista is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /su.ˈliʃ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #42,682 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pessoa que executa um solo musical ou que é perita em música, principalmente nos solos".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for solista, with forms such as "oslista", "sloista", and "soilsta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "solta", "sexista", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is solista, spelled S-O-L-I-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa que executa um solo musical ou que é perita em música, principalmente nos solos

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oslista,sloista,soilsta,solisat,solissta,solistta,solitsa,sollista,solsita,ssolista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for solista

Misspelling Variants of "solista"

oslista7sloista7soilsta7solisat7solissta8solistta8solitsa7sollista8
Misspelling Variants of "solista"

Frequency rank: #42,682 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "solista"?
"solista" is spelled S-O-L-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /su.ˈliʃ.tɐ/.
What does "solista" mean?
As a noun, "solista" means: pessoa que executa um solo musical ou que é perita em música, principalmente nos solos
What words are commonly confused with "solista"?
"solista" is commonly confused with "solta", "sexista". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "solista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "solista" is /su.ˈliʃ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "solista" come from?
"solista" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.