# Sodom

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈsɒ.dəm/ · frequency rank #34,692

## Definitions
1. A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, but not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.
2. Wadham College, Oxford.

## Etymology
Partially from Old English Sodome, Sodoma, partially from Ancient Greek Σόδομα (Sódoma), from the Biblical Hebrew סְדֹם (s'dóm).
(Wadham College): Chosen for the rhyme.

## Easily confused with
- **som** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-som)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-soon)
- **solo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-solo)
- **sooo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-sooo)
- **Soho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-soho)
- **soot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-soot)
- **Soto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-soto)
- **sook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-sook)
- **Soros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-soros)
- **solon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-solon)
- **Sonoma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-sonoma)
- **sodomy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodom-vs-sodomy)
- **sod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sod-vs-sodom)
- **soda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soda-vs-sodom)
- **sodium** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sodium-vs-sodom)
- **seldom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seldom-vs-sodom)

## Common misspellings (7)
`osdom`, `sdoom`, `soddom`, `sodmo`, `sodomm`, `soodm`, `ssodom`

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