sobriety

Name: sobriety, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/

//səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“sobriety” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,818
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality or state of being sober.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sobriety · sobriety · English

sobriety · rank #22,818 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #22,818
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH som

Nearest frequency peer: som (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

sluts

77,186
sneeze

77,185
sobriety

77,183
som

77,182
songwriting

77,181
sorely

77,180

What this shows “sobriety” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sobriety vs society

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sobriety
Property	Value
Headword	sobriety
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#22,818
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sobriety”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).sobrietylands here:

#22,818

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “som” (#22,819), “sneeze” (#22,816), “songwriting” (#22,820). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sobriety” is #22,818. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sobriety (IPA /səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,818 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sobriety, with forms such as "osbriety", "sboriety", and "sobbriety". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "society", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas. The correct English form is sobriety, spelled S-O-B-R-I-E-T-Y.

Definition

1
The quality or state of being sober.
2
The quality or state of being sober.
3
The quality or state of being sober.
4
The quality or state of being sober.
5
The quality or state of being sober.
6
Soundness of judgment.

Etymology

From Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas.

Synonyms

sobernessdrunkenness#Antonyms

Antonyms

drunkenness intoxication drunkenness

This word in other languages

austeridad(Español)sobriété(Français)Nüchternheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

osbriety
sboriety
sobbriety
sobirety
sobreity
sobrietty
sobrietyy
sobrieyt
sobritey
sobrriety
sorbiety
ssobriety

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sobriety - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "sobriety"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sobriety"?

"sobriety" is spelled S-O-B-R-I-E-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/.

What does "sobriety" mean?

As a noun, "sobriety" means: The quality or state of being sober.

What words are commonly confused with "sobriety"?

"sobriety" is commonly confused with "society". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "sobriety"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sobriety" is /səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "sobriety"?

From Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sobriety", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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