# socio

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #13,427

## Definitions
1. At an institute of education, a class where sociology is taught.
2. The discipline of sociology.

## Etymology
Shortening of sociology.

## Easily confused with
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-soi)
- **solo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-solo)
- **soil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-soil)
- **sock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-sock)
- **sooo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-sooo)
- **Soho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-soho)
- **Soto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-soto)
- **solid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-solid)
- **socks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-socks)
- **sonic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-sonic)
- **Sofia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-sofia)
- **Sonia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-sonia)
- **Solis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-solis)
- **SCI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sci-vs-socio)
- **SCO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sco-vs-socio)
- **soca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soca-vs-socio)
- **Sochi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sochi-vs-socio)
- **scion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scion-vs-socio)
- **Socal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socal-vs-socio)
- **social** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/social-vs-socio)

## Common misspellings (6)
`oscio`, `scoio`, `soccio`, `socoi`, `soico`, `ssocio`

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