# so vs soy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### so
*conjunction · IPA /səʊ/ · frequency rank #33*
Reduced form of 'so that', used to express purpose; in order that.

### soy
*noun · IPA /sɔɪ/ · frequency rank #12,504*
A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-vs-soy