soju
/ˈsəʊd͡ʒuː/
"soju" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“soju” is uncommon English (frequency #65,515 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,515
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to shochu.
Corpus desk
Index EN-soju · soju · English
soju · rank #65,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,515
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sonne
Nearest frequency peer: sonne (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “soju”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Smolensk
Smolensk
34,492 corpus weight
- SMTP
SMTP
34,491 corpus weight
- snowpack
snowpack
34,490 corpus weight
- socialistic
socialistic
34,488 corpus weight
- soju
soju
34,486 corpus weight
- sonne
sonne
34,485 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “soju” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soju |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsəʊd͡ʒuː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “soju” in English
Rare enough to double-check
soju is uncommon English at frequency #65,515 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsəʊd͡ʒuː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to shochu.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for soju, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Korean 소주(燒酒) (soju). Compare Mandarin 燒酒 /烧酒 (shāojiǔ), Japanese 焼酎 (shōchū, “shōchū”). Doublet of shaojiu and shochu. The correct English form is soju, spelled S-O-J-U.
Definition
- 1A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to shochu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how soju appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'd also woken up with a raging thirst from the bottle and a half of soju I'd had with dinner, which also meant I was taking longer to come to my senses than usual.
Etymology
From Korean 소주(燒酒) (soju). Compare Mandarin 燒酒 /烧酒 (shāojiǔ), Japanese 焼酎 (shōchū, “shōchū”). Doublet of shaojiu and shochu.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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