# Somme

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /sɔm/ · frequency rank #33,427

## Definitions
1. A department of Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Amiens.
2. A river in northern France.
3. A major battle of the First World War in 1916 in this area.

## Etymology
From French

## Easily confused with
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somme-vs-sore)
- **sone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somme-vs-sone)
- **summa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somme-vs-summa)
- **summer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somme-vs-summer)
- **Sommer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somme-vs-sommer)
- **som** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/som-vs-somme)
- **SME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sme-vs-somme)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soe-vs-somme)
- **some** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/some-vs-somme)
- **same** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/same-vs-somme)
- **sole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sole-vs-somme)
- **soma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soma-vs-somme)
- **shame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shame-vs-somme)
- **solve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solve-vs-somme)
- **Sammy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sammy-vs-somme)
- **slime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slime-vs-somme)
- **Simms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simms-vs-somme)
- **simmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simmer-vs-somme)
- **somber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somber-vs-somme)
- **sombre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sombre-vs-somme)

## Common misspellings (4)
`osmme`, `smome`, `somem`, `ssomme`

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