# sonata

> English word · Noun · IPA /səˈnɑːtə/ · frequency rank #24,595

## Definitions
1. A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.

## Etymology
From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”). Doublet of sounded.

## Easily confused with
- **Sonia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonata-vs-sonia)
- **sorta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonata-vs-sorta)
- **Sonya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonata-vs-sonya)
- **Sonja** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonata-vs-sonja)
- **strata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonata-vs-strata)
- **Sonoma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonata-vs-sonoma)
- **Sonora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonata-vs-sonora)
- **SATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sata-vs-sonata)
- **sona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sona-vs-sonata)
- **Santa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/santa-vs-sonata)
- **sonar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonar-vs-sonata)
- **Sanaa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanaa-vs-sonata)
- **senate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/senate-vs-sonata)
- **Sinatra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinatra-vs-sonata)

## Common misspellings (8)
`osnata`, `snoata`, `soanta`, `sonaat`, `sonatta`, `sonnata`, `sontaa`, `ssonata`

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