socle
/ˈsoʊkəl/noun
socle is spelled S-O-C-L-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, socle means “A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of socle is socles.
How many letters and syllables are in socle?
| Letters | 5: S-O-C-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 socle?
Socle appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 socle?
- /ˈsoʊkəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-socle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with socle?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as socle.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: close.
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 socle
- socles plural
- zocle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does socle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
- 2
A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall.
- 3
The sum of the minimal normal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.
- 4
The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Socle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a plinth or pedestal:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | socle |
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 socle come from?
From French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”). Doublet of zoccolo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).