sony
/ˈsoʊni/noun
sony is spelled S-O-N-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sony means “Alternative spelling of sonny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sony?
| Letters | 4: S-O-N-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sony?
Sony appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th 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).
How do you pronounce sony?
- UK /ˈsəʊni/
- US /ˈsoʊni/
- Australia /ˈsəʉni/
Sony has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Sony.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sony
Also written: sonny.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with sony?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sony from its last stressed vowel (/oʊni/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nosy.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does sony mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of sonny.
noun
- 1
A device produced by Sony.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sony in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense device produced by Sony:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Sony |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sony come from?
A combination of Latin sonus (“sound”) and sonny (“boy”, diminutive).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).