sone

[ˈzoːnə]

/[ˈzoːnə]/ unknown

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The verdict

“sone” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #33,303) as an unknown. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#33,303
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Pronomens son

Corpus desk

Index DE-sone · sone · German

sone · rank #33,303 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,303
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Solist

Nearest frequency peer: Solist (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „sone“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „sone“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

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).

sone vs Sun
25% similar
sone vs Sue
25% similar
sone vs ste
50% similar

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

Key facts for sone
PropertyValue
Headwordsone
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[ˈzoːnə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#33,303
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „sone“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).soneliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Solist“ (#33,302), „Sonntagnachmittag“ (#33,304), „Solaranlagen“ (#33,301). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sone“ bei #33,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for sone is neighbouring look-alikes ("Sun", "Sue", …), not just typos; it is anunknown pronounced [ˈzoːnə]. Frequency #33,303 among 8,027 “S” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for sone, with forms such as "osne", "snoe", and "soen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sun", "Sue", "ste", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sone, spelled S-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Pronomens son
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Pronomens son
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural der starken Deklination des Pronomens son
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural der starken Deklination des Pronomens son

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osne
  • snoe
  • soen
  • ssone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sone - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osne2snoe2soen2ssone1
Edit distance from "sone"

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 "sone"?
"sone" is spelled S-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzoːnə].
What does "sone" mean?
As an unknown, "sone" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Pronomens son
What words are commonly confused with "sone"?
"sone" is commonly confused with "Sun", "Sue", "ste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sone" is [ˈzoːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sone" come from?
"sone" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sera#33,291tiny#33,341Pope#33,232pair#33,217

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list