# so's vs son

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### so's
*contraction · frequency rank #38,171*
So that, in order that.

### son
*noun · IPA /sʌn/ · frequency rank #534*
One's male offspring.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-son