soap

[səʊp]

/[səʊp]/ noun

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The verdict

“soap” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,711. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,711
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seife

Corpus desk

Index DE-soap · soap · German

soap · rank #23,711 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,711
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Solisten

Nearest frequency peer: Solisten (+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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „soap“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „soap“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

soap vs SP
0% similar
soap vs SOG
0% similar
soap vs son
50% similar

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

Key facts for soap
PropertyValue
Headwordsoap
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[səʊp]
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,711
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „soap“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.soapliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Solisten“ (#23,712), „size“ (#23,709), „Spitzenkandidaten“ (#23,713). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „soap“ bei #23,711. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around soap (IPA [səʊp]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,711 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for soap, with forms such as "osap", "saop", and "soapp". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SP", "SOG", "son", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is soap, spelled S-O-A-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Seife
  2. 2
    Kurzform von: soap opera

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Soap products are useful for clensing.
  2. Brookside is a television soap based in Liverpool.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osap
  • saop
  • soapp
  • sopa
  • ssoap

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soap - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

osap2saop2soapp1sopa2ssoap1
Edit distance from "soap"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soap"?
"soap" is spelled S-O-A-P. The IPA pronunciation is [səʊp].
What does "soap" mean?
As a noun, "soap" means: Seife
What words are commonly confused with "soap"?
"soap" is commonly confused with "SP", "SOG", "son". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soap"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soap" is [səʊp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soap" come from?
"soap" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

size#23,709riot#23,681rice#23,680pain#23,652

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Rabbi5 variantsüppig5 variantsfalse5 variantsElise5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list