soda
/ˈsoʊdə/noun
soda is spelled S-O-D-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, soda means “Sodium bicarbonate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of soda is sodas.
How many letters and syllables are in soda?
| Letters | 4: S-O-D-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,674th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 soda?
Soda appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th 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 soda?
- UK /ˈsəʊdə/
- US /ˈsoʊdə/
Soda has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-soda.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-soda.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with soda?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as soda from its last stressed vowel (/oʊdə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sado, dosa.
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 soda
- sodas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does soda mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Sodium bicarbonate.
- 2
Sodium carbonate.
- 3
Sodium in chemical combination.
- 4
Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
- 5
USAny carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
- 6
USA glass, bottle or can of this drink.
- 7
The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Soda in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | carbonate de soude, soude , eau pétillante , boisson gazeuse, soda, liqueur |
| German | Soda , Sprudel, saurer Sprudel, Sprudelwasser , Limonade |
| Portuguese | soda cáustica , soda , refrigerante, refri, refresco |
| Spanish | sosa, soda , gaseosa, bebida |
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 soda come from?
From Italian soda. Sense 4 is an ellipsis of soda water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).