sooner
/ˈsunɚ/adverb, adjective
sooner is spelled S-O-O-N-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, sooner means “rather” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sooner?
| Letters | 6: S-O-O-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,667th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 sooner?
Sooner appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th 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 sooner?
- UK /ˈsuːnə/
- US /ˈsunɚ/
Sooner 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: En-us-sooner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sooner?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sooner from its last stressed vowel (/unəɹ/):
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 sooner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
comparative form of soon: more soon
- 2
rather.
I would sooner die than marry you!
adjective
- 1
comparative form of soon: more soon
noun
- 1
informalA native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma
- 2
informalA competitor representing the University of Oklahoma.
- 3
One who crossed into Indian territory before the official opening of settlement in the Oklahoma land rush, in order to obtain land sooner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).