# sonnet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɒnɪt/ · frequency rank #30,598

## Definitions
1. A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).

## Easily confused with
- **sonny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonnet-vs-sonny)
- **soviet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonnet-vs-soviet)
- **sooner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonnet-vs-sooner)
- **sunset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonnet-vs-sunset)
- **sorbet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonnet-vs-sorbet)
- **sonnets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonnet-vs-sonnets)
- **sone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sonnet)
- **socket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socket-vs-sonnet)
- **sinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-sonnet)
- **signet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signet-vs-sonnet)
- **Skynet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skynet-vs-sonnet)

## Common misspellings (7)
`osnnet`, `snonet`, `sonent`, `sonet`, `sonnett`, `sonnte`, `ssonnet`

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