# Soto vs sou

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Soto
*name · frequency rank #28,379*
A school of Zen Buddhism in Japan, based on gradual attainment of enlightenment through meditation.

### sou
*noun · IPA /suː/ · frequency rank #35,525*
An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound.

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