# soar

> English word · Verb · IPA /sɔː/ · frequency rank #17,493

## Definitions
1. To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
2. To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
3. To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
4. To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
5. To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.

## Etymology
From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.

## Easily confused with
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-son)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-spa)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sox)
- **sol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sol)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-soy)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sow)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sos)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sta)
- **SOB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sob)
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-str)
- **sod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sod)
- **som** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-som)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-soe)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sop)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-soi)
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sou)
- **SSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-ssa)
- **sor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sor)
- **SPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-spr)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soar-vs-sot)

## Common misspellings (4)
`osar`, `saor`, `soarr`, `ssoar`

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