soy

[soj]

/[soj]/ verb

The verdict

“soy” is uncommon German (frequency #77,335 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,335
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser

Corpus desk

Index DE-soy · soy · German

soy · rank #77,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,335
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sozialarbeite…

Nearest frequency peer: Sozialarbeitern (+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 „soy“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for soy
PropertyValue
Headwordsoy
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[soj]
Letters3
Frequency rank#77,335
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „soy“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.soyfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sozialarbeitern“ (#77,336), „soziologisch“ (#77,338), „Spaichingen“ (#77,339). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „soy“ bei #77,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soy is uncommon German at frequency #77,335 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [soj]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser".

soy has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is soy, spelled S-O-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser

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 "soy"?
"soy" is spelled S-O-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [soj].
What does "soy" mean?
As a verb, "soy" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser
How do you pronounce "soy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soy" is [soj]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soy" come from?
"soy" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list