# Sofia vs Sonya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sofia
*name · IPA /ˈsoʊfiə/ · frequency rank #10,612*
A female given name, variant of Sophia.

### Sonya
*name · frequency rank #26,607*
A female given name from Russian Соня (Sonja).

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