# sonny

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsʌni/ · frequency rank #12,328

## Definitions
1. A familiar form of address for a boy.
2. Form of address to a boy or man, to express contempt, warning etc.

## Etymology
From son + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-soy)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-soon)
- **sons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-sons)
- **Sony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-sony)
- **sown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-sown)
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-suny)
- **sorry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-sorry)
- **sound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-sound)
- **sunny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-sunny)
- **Sunni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-sunni)
- **stony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-stony)
- **Sonya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-sonya)
- **spiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-spiny)
- **stoney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-stoney)
- **spongy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-spongy)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/son-vs-sonny)
- **song** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/song-vs-sonny)
- **sona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sona-vs-sonny)
- **sone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sone-vs-sonny)
- **songs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/songs-vs-sonny)

## Common misspellings (5)
`osnny`, `snony`, `sonnyy`, `sonyn`, `ssonny`

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