# Sonia vs Sophia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sonia
*name · frequency rank #14,224*
A female given name from Russian (the usual UK spelling of the name which is spelled Sonya in the US).

### Sophia
*name · IPA /ˈsəʊfi.ə/ · frequency rank #11,295*
A female given name from Ancient Greek.

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