# Sioux

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /sjuː/ · frequency rank #16,347

## Definitions
1. Various formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.

## Etymology
From French Sioux, shortening of Nadouessioux, from Ojibwe naadawesiwag (“little snakes”), which could refer to the massasauga snake (Sistrurus catenatus), a small rattlesnake.

## Easily confused with
- **six** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-six)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-sox)
- **Siu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-siu)
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-sou)
- **soul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-soul)
- **soup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-soup)
- **sour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-sour)
- **situ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-situ)
- **sous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-sous)
- **stout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-stout)
- **spout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-spout)
- **snout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-snout)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sioux-vs-sue)
- **Sion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sion-vs-sioux)
- **shout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-sioux)
- **scout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scout-vs-sioux)
- **Seoul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seoul-vs-sioux)
- **sinus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinus-vs-sioux)
- **scour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scour-vs-sioux)

## Common misspellings (6)
`isoux`, `siouxx`, `sioxu`, `siuox`, `soiux`, `ssioux`

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