# so's

> English word · Contraction · frequency rank #38,171

## Definitions
1. So that, in order that.
2. To the extent that.

## Etymology
Contraction of so as.

## Easily confused with
- **SS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-ss)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-son)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sox)
- **sol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sol)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-soy)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sow)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sos)
- **SOB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sob)
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sts)
- **sod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sod)
- **som** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-som)
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sus)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-soe)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sop)
- **SPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sps)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-soi)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-soa)
- **sss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sss)
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sou)
- **sor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-s-vs-sor)

## Common misspellings (5)
`os's`, `s'os`, `so'ss`, `sos'`, `sso's`

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