som
noun
som is spelled S-O-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, som means “The currency of Kyrgyzstan. Symbol: ⃀” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of som is soms.
How many letters and syllables are in som?
| Letters | 3: S-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 som?
Som appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st 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 som?
Som has one syllable (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).
Words people confuse with som
Also written: some.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with som?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as som.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mos, osm.
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 som
- soms plural
- sum
- soum
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does som mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The currency of Kyrgyzstan. Symbol: ⃀.
- 2
The currency of Uzbekistan.
- 3
Alternative form of somm (“sommelier”).
noun
- 1
Initialism of self-organizing map.
- 2
Alternative form of SoM
- 3
Initialism of serviceable obtainable market.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of system on a module (“system-on-module”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Som in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense national currency of Uzbekistan:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | som |
| Portuguese | som |
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 som come from?
From Kyrgyz сом (som) and Uzbek сўм (soʻm) (Cyrillic) / soʻm (Roman), both of which come from the Turkic root *som ("pure [gold]").
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).