sos

/[ˈsos]/ verb

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,331

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sos is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de ser. Pronounced [ˈsos]. It ranks #1,331 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with su and st.

Key facts for sos
PropertyValue
Headwordsos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈsos]
Letters3
Frequency rank#1,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sos is 3 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsos]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,331 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de ser.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for sos in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "su", "st", "sy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is sos, spelled S-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de ser.

Frequency rank: #1,331 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sos"?
"sos" is spelled S-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsos].
What does "sos" mean?
As a verb, "sos" means: Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de ser.
What words are commonly confused with "sos"?
"sos" is commonly confused with "su", "st", "sy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sos" is [ˈsos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sos" come from?
"sos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.