soju
/ˈsəʊd͡ʒuː/
"soju" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“soju” is uncommon English (frequency #65,515 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,515
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to shochu.
| 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) |
Where “soju” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
soju is uncommon English at frequency #65,515 among 54,294 “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.
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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Using “soju”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-O-J-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.