# sold vs son

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sold
*verb · IPA /səʊld/ · frequency rank #1,150*
simple past and past participle of sell

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sold-vs-son