# soak vs sons

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### soak
*verb · IPA /səʊk/ · frequency rank #12,863*
To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

### sons
*noun · IPA /sʌnz/ · frequency rank #3,028*
plural of son

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