# sone

> English word · Noun · IPA /soʊn/ · frequency rank #48,495

## Definitions
1. a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing
2. Obsolete spelling of son.

## Easily confused with
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sun)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sue)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sox)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-soy)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sow)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sos)
- **syn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-syn)
- **SSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sse)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sop)
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sou)
- **SSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-ssn)
- **sor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sor)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sot)
- **sov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sov)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sure)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-soon)
- **song** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-song)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sort)
- **soul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-soul)
- **sons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sons)

## Common misspellings (5)
`osne`, `snoe`, `soen`, `sonne`, `ssone`

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