Sophie

/[zoˈfiː]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,025

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Sophie is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [zoˈfiː]. It ranks #5,025 in German word frequency. Often confused with sowie and Söhne.

Key facts for Sophie
PropertyValue
HeadwordSophie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[zoˈfiː]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,025
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Sophie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Sophie is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zoˈfiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,025 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Sophie, with forms such as "osphie", "sohpie", and "sophei". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "sowie", "Söhne", "Sohle", and more, 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 German form is Sophie, spelled S-O-P-H-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osphie,sohpie,sophei,sophhie,sopihe,sopphie,spohie,ssophie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sophie

Misspelling Variants of "Sophie"

osphie6sohpie6sophei6sophhie7sopihe6sopphie7spohie6ssophie7
Misspelling Variants of "Sophie"

Frequency rank: #5,025 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sophie"?
"Sophie" is spelled S-O-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [zoˈfiː].
What does "Sophie" mean?
As a name, "Sophie" means: weiblicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Sophie"?
"Sophie" is commonly confused with "sowie", "Söhne", "Sohle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sophie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sophie" is [zoˈfiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sophie" come from?
"Sophie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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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.