# souls vs south

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### souls
*noun · IPA /səʊlz/ · frequency rank #5,086*
plural of soul

### south
*noun · IPA /saʊθ/ · frequency rank #392*
The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.

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