# soccer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɒk.ə/ · frequency rank #3,138

## Definitions
1. Association football.

## Etymology
Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888.
Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.

## Easily confused with
- **sooner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-sooner)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-sucker)
- **socket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-socket)
- **solder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-solder)
- **somber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-somber)
- **spicer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-spicer)
- **spacer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-spacer)
- **solver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-solver)
- **Sommer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-sommer)
- **sorcery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soccer-vs-sorcery)
- **sober** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sober-vs-soccer)
- **saucer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-soccer)
- **sicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sicker-vs-soccer)
- **shocker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-soccer)

## Common misspellings (7)
`osccer`, `scocer`, `soccerr`, `soccre`, `socecr`, `socer`, `ssoccer`

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