sowie

[zoˈviː]

/[zoˈviː]/ conj

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The verdict

“sowie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#188
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wie auch, und außerdem, wobei der Fokus auf den folgenden Ausdruck gelegt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-sowie · sowie · German

sowie · rank #188 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #188
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sehen

Nearest frequency peer: sehen (-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 „sowie“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „sowie“ 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).

sowie vs Sozio
40% similar
sowie vs Sowjet
50% similar
sowie vs sowieso
71% similar

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

Key facts for sowie
PropertyValue
Headwordsowie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechConjunction
IPA[zoˈviː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#188
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sowie“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sowieliegt 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: „sehen“ (#187), „Tag“ (#189), „Berlin“ (#190). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sowie“ bei #188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around sowie (IPA [zoˈviː]), aconjunction. Corpus frequency is #188 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sowie, with forms such as "oswie", "soiwe", and "sowei". 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, "Sozio", "Sowjet", "sowieso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is sowie, spelled S-O-W-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    wie auch, und außerdem, wobei der Fokus auf den folgenden Ausdruck gelegt wird
  2. 2
    sobald als, gleich wenn, in dem Augenblick da drückt aus, dass sich ein Geschehen unmittelbar nach oder fast gleichzeitig mit einem anderen vollzieht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Im Gepäck waren Zelte, Schlafsäcke sowie Proviant.
  2. Sowie der Wachmann den Eindringling sah, machte er Meldung.

Synonyms

undwie auchindemMomentalssobald als

This word in other languages

as well as(English)ainsi que(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oswie
  • soiwe
  • sowei
  • sowwie
  • ssowie
  • swoie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sowie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oswie2soiwe2sowei2sowwie1ssowie1swoie2
Edit distance from "sowie"

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 "sowie"?
"sowie" is spelled S-O-W-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [zoˈviː].
What does "sowie" mean?
As a conjunction, "sowie" means: wie auch, und außerdem, wobei der Fokus auf den folgenden Ausdruck gelegt wird
What words are commonly confused with "sowie"?
"sowie" is commonly confused with "Sozio", "Sowjet", "sowieso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sowie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sowie" is [zoˈviː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sowie" come from?
"sowie" 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 "sowie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sehen#187dafür#191Bitte#183sagen#193

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Wohl6 variantsWelt6 variantsLeute6 variantsihrer6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list