sous
[su]
The verdict
“sous” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,337
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unter (unterhalb von)
Corpus desk
Index DE-sous · sous · German
sous · rank #29,337 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,337
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sonderbar
Nearest frequency peer: sonderbar (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sous”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Skorpion
Skorpion
70,667 corpus weight
- Softwareent…
Softwareentwickler
70,666 corpus weight
- sonderbar
sonderbar
70,665 corpus weight
- sous
sous
70,664 corpus weight
- Spatenstich
Spatenstich
70,663 corpus weight
- Stadthaus
Stadthaus
70,661 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sous” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sous |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [su] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #29,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “sous” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around sous (IPA [su]), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #29,337 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "unter (unterhalb von)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sous, with forms such as "osus", "sosu", and "souss". 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, "SS", "Süd", "sur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sous, spelled S-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1unter (unterhalb von)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par suite des inondations, toute la campagne est sous l’eau.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osus
- sosu
- souss
- ssous
- suos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sous - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sous", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "sous". Here's where to go from here.
- "sous" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "SS". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,337 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.