soke

/soʊk/

//soʊk// noun

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"soke" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“soke” is uncommon English (frequency #99,880 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,880
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).

Corpus desk

Index EN-soke · soke · English

soke · rank #99,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,880
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH soldiery

Nearest frequency peer: soldiery (+2 rank slots)

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Frequency neighbourhood for “soke”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “soke” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for soke
PropertyValue
Headwordsoke
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/soʊk/
Letters4
Frequency rank#99,880
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “soke” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). soke lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soke is uncommon English at frequency #99,880 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /soʊk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for soke in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), fro… The correct English form is soke, spelled S-O-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
  2. 2
    A district under a particular jurisdiction.

Etymology

From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”). Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soke"?
"soke" is spelled S-O-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is /soʊk/.
What does "soke" mean?
As a noun, "soke" means: A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
How do you pronounce "soke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soke" is /soʊk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "soke"?
From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inqu... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "soke", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list