# social

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/ · frequency rank #367

## Definitions
1. Being extroverted or outgoing.
2. Of or relating to society.
3. Relating to social media or social networks.
4. Relating to a nation's allies.
5. Cooperating or growing in groups.

## Etymology
From Middle French social, from Latin sociālis (“of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally”), from sequor (“follow”). Cognate with English seg (“man, companion, fellow”). More at seg.

## Easily confused with
- **soil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/social-vs-soil)
- **Sofia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/social-vs-sofia)
- **socio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/social-vs-socio)
- **Sonia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/social-vs-sonia)
- **special** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/social-vs-special)
- **socially** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/social-vs-socially)
- **societal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/social-vs-societal)
- **soca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soca-vs-social)
- **Socal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socal-vs-social)
- **serial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serial-vs-social)
- **sociable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sociable-vs-social)

## Common misspellings (8)
`oscial`, `scoial`, `socail`, `soccial`, `sociall`, `socila`, `soical`, `ssocial`

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