sou

[sow]

/[sow]/ verb

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The verdict

“sou” is uncommon German (frequency #72,947 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,947
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser / ésser

Corpus desk

Index DE-sou · sou · German

sou · rank #72,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,947
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sontag

Nearest frequency peer: Sontag (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sou“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sou“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sou
PropertyValue
Headwordsou
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sow]
Letters3
Frequency rank#72,947
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sou“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).soufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sontag“ (#72,946), „Sommelier“ (#72,945), „speichere“ (#72,949). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sou“ bei #72,947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sou is uncommon German at frequency #72,947 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [sow]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser / ésser".

No generated misspelling entries exist for sou in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sou, spelled S-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser / ésser

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 "sou"?
"sou" is spelled S-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is [sow].
What does "sou" mean?
As a verb, "sou" means: 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser / ésser
How do you pronounce "sou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sou" is [sow]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sou" come from?
"sou" 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 "sou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

SGD#72,924suu#72,980ven#73,049WBS#73,096

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list