# sobering

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #33,023

## Definitions
1. Causing more sober thought or concern.

## Easily confused with
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sobering-vs-steering)
- **soldering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sobering-vs-soldering)
- **sobbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sobbing-vs-sobering)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaring-vs-sobering)
- **severing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/severing-vs-sobering)
- **showering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showering-vs-sobering)

## Common misspellings (12)
`osbering`, `sboering`, `sobbering`, `sobeirng`, `soberign`, `soberingg`, `soberinng`, `sobernig`, `soberring`, `sobreing`, `soebring`, `ssobering`

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