sou
/suː/noun
sou is spelled S-O-U: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sou means “An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sou is sous.
How many letters and syllables are in sou?
| Letters | 3: S-O-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 sou?
Sou appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 sou?
- /suː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sou.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sou
Also written: sous.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with sou?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sou.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ous.
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).
Forms of sou
- sous plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sou mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound.
- 2
datedslangCent; pocket money.
- 3
datedA thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot.
I do not care a sou for your excuses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sou come from?
Borrowed from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and xu.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).