sock
/sɑk/noun, interjection, verb, adjective
sock is spelled S-O-C-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sock means “A knitted or woven covering for the foot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sock is socks; Wiktionary also lists sox (informal).
How many letters and syllables are in sock?
| Letters | 4: S-O-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sock?
Sock appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sock?
- UK /sɒk/
- US /sɑk/
Sock has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sock.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sock?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sock from its last stressed vowel (/ɑk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sock
- socks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- zock
- socking participle, present
- socked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sock mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
- 2
Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors.
- 3
The lower leg of an animal (of an animal) that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
- 4
A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise.
- 5
informalEllipsis of gun sock.
- 6
Ellipsis of sock puppet.
- 7
informalEllipsis of windsock.
- 8
slangA violent blow; a punch.
- 9
A ploughshare.
- 10
Clipping of socket.
interjection
- 1
The sound of a punch or powerful blow.
verb
- 1
slangTo hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.
- 2
slangTo throw.
adjective
- 1
datedslangExtremely successful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sock in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chaussette, bas , socque |
| German | Socke, Strumpf |
| Portuguese | meia , soco |
| Spanish | calcetín, media, soquete, calceta |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sock come from?
From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”), a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Beekes compares Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, “sole of the foot”). Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), German Socke (“sock”), Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”). Doublet of zocco; also related to zoccolo, socle, and zocalo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).