# sonic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsɒnɪk/ · frequency rank #7,980

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to sound.
2. Having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air.

## Etymology
From Latin sonus + -ic.

## Easily confused with
- **sons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonic-vs-sons)
- **Sony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonic-vs-sony)
- **sync** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonic-vs-sync)
- **sonny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonic-vs-sonny)
- **stoic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonic-vs-stoic)
- **Sonya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonic-vs-sonya)
- **Sonja** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonic-vs-sonja)
- **Sunil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonic-vs-sunil)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/son-vs-sonic)
- **sic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sic-vs-sonic)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soi-vs-sonic)
- **song** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/song-vs-sonic)
- **soil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soil-vs-sonic)
- **snip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-sonic)
- **sona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sona-vs-sonic)
- **sone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sonic)
- **songs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/songs-vs-sonic)
- **solid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-sonic)
- **Sofia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sofia-vs-sonic)
- **socio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socio-vs-sonic)

## Common misspellings (7)
`osnic`, `snoic`, `soinc`, `sonci`, `sonicc`, `sonnic`, `ssonic`

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