soins

\swɛ̃\

/\swɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“soins” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,786. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,786
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de soin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soins · soins · French

soins · rank #1,786 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,786
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH rare

Nearest frequency peer: rare (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « soins »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « soins » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

soins vs son
60% similar
soins vs SOS
0% similar
soins vs sont
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for soins
PropertyValue
Headwordsoins
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\swɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,786
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soins »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).soinsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rare » (#1,785), « sois » (#1,787), « publiques » (#1,784). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soins » est au #1,786. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around soins (IPA \swɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,786 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de soin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for soins, with forms such as "osins", "sions", and "soinns". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "son", "SOS", "sont", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is soins, spelled S-O-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de soin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how soins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À la campagne, les maisons très éloignées les unes des autres, et en général rudimentairement installées, rendent difficiles et souvent inefficaces les soins médicaux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osins
  • sions
  • soinns
  • soinss
  • soisn
  • sonis
  • ssoins

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soins - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

osins2sions2soinns1soinss1soisn2sonis2ssoins1
Edit distance from "soins"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soins"?
"soins" is spelled S-O-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \swɛ̃\.
What does "soins" mean?
As a noun, "soins" means: Pluriel de soin.
What words are commonly confused with "soins"?
"soins" is commonly confused with "son", "SOS", "sont". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soins"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soins" is \swɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soins" come from?
"soins" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "soins", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list