so's vs sop, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“so's” is a contraction and “sop” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,171
“so's” frequency rank: #34,293
“sop” frequency rank: 72464
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	so's	sop
Definition	So that, in order that.	Something entirely soaked.

Letter map: so's vs sop

Shared letters muted; letters that set so's and sop apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

so's

3 ch

sop

Role in the sentence - so's and sop

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: so's is acontraction and sopanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

so's is recorded at frequency rank #38,171, classified as acontraction. sop is at rank #34,293, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sɒp/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 72464, this pair ranks #42,922 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of so's vs sop

Shared letters: os. Private to "so's": -. Private to "sop": p.

"so's" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "sop" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "so's" and "sop" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "so's" is a contraction and "sop" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "so's" vs "sop" - which ranks higher?

"sop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,293 in our English list, against #38,171 for "so's". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "so's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "sop" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #42,922 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"so's" and "sop" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "so's vs suds". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #42,922 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.