soss
/sɒs/noun, verb
soss is spelled S-O-S-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, soss means “Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of soss is sosses.
How many letters and syllables are in soss?
| Letters | 4: S-O-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is soss?
Soss appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 soss?
- /sɒs/
Soss has one syllable (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).
Forms of soss
- sosses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- suss
- sossing participle, present
- sossed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does soss mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKAnything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.
- 2
obsoleteA lazy fellow.
- 3
A heavy fall.
- 4
slangA sausage (food product).
- 5
rareeye-dialect spelling of sauce
verb
- 1
UKTo soil; to make dirty.
- 2
To fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
- 3
To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.
the coach sosses up and down as one goes that way
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does soss come from?
From Middle English sosse, sos, soos (“hounds' meat; a mess of food”), of uncertain origin. See sesspool.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).