soisvssopaConfusable pair

Quick tell: sois is a verb, sopa is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sois” is a verb and “sopa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,119
“sois” frequency rank
#5,673
“sopa” frequency rank
9792
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sois sopa
Definition Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de ser. Preparación liquida y cocida junto con otros ingredientes como carne o verduras.

Where the eye mixes sois and sopa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
sois
4 ch
sopa

Look-alike desk: sois vs sopa

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sois is [ˈsojs] while sopa is [ˈsopa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sois is recorded at frequency rank #4,119, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈsojs]. sopa is at rank #5,673, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsopa].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 9792, this pair ranks #300,808 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sois vs sopa

Shared letters: os. Private to "sois": i. Private to "sopa": ap.

"sois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "sopa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soisosis · sios · soiss · sosi · ssois
  • sopaospa · soap · soppa · spoa · ssopa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sois" and "sopa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sois" is a verb and "sopa" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sois" vs "sopa" - which ranks higher?
"sois" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,119 in our Spanish list, against #5,673 for "sopa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "sois" and "sopa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sopa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #300,808 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sois" and "sopa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sila vs sopa". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #300,808 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list