sonde
/sɑnd/noun
sonde is a noun meaning “Probe; sound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-O-N-D-E, and it appears about once in every 39 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of sonde is sondes.
What does sonde mean?
noun
- 1
Probe; sound.
- 2
Any of various devices for testing physical conditions, often for remote or underwater locations.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce sonde?
- UK /sɒnd/
- US /sɑnd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sonde.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sonde
- sondes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is sonde?
Sonde appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd 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).
Where does sonde come from?
Borrowed from French sonde.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).