sonner

\sɔ.ne\

/\sɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“sonner” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #10,075 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#10,075
frequency rank, French
6
letters
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rendre un son.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

sonner vs Sonny
50% similar
sonner vs souper
67% similar
sonner vs souder
67% similar

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

Key facts for sonner
PropertyValue
Headwordsonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɔ.ne\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,075
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sonner” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sonner lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sonner is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɔ.ne\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,075 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sonner, with forms such as "osnner", "snoner", and "sonenr". 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, "Sonny", "souper", "souder", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sonner, spelled S-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre un son.
  2. 2
    Faire rendre des sons à des instruments à vent, comme le cor, la trompette, etc.
  3. 3
    Faire une sonnerie de cloches.
  4. 4
    Exprimer pleinement le son d’une lettre dans la prononciation, prononcer.
  5. 5
    Être indiqué, marqué, annoncé par un son.
  6. 6
    Tirer un cordon de sonnette ou pousser un bouton électrique pour se faire ouvrir, pour appeler quelqu’un.
  7. 7
    Demander l’attention de quelqu’un, souvent pour lui donner un ordre.
  8. 8
    Donner une impression en parlant d’un son ou d’un mot.
  9. 9
    Frapper pour assommer.
  10. 10
    Téléphoner à.
  11. 11
    Tirer un son de quelque chose, lui faire rendre du son. → voir sonner les cloches, sonner le glas, sonner le tocsin et sonner le clairon
  12. 12
    Indiquer, marquer ou annoncer un évènement par un son.
  13. 13
    Donner du cor, de la trompette, ou du clairon pour coordonner la chasse. → voir sonner le débuché, sonner le laisser courre et sonner l’hallali
  14. 14
    Jouer d’un instrument (trompette, clairon, tambour, …) pour coordonner les mouvements de troupe. → voir sonner à cheval, sonner le réveil, sonner l’extinction des feux, sonner la charge et sonner la retraite

Synonyms

prononcer

This word in other languages

toll(English)sonar(Español)anläuten(Deutsch)soar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osnner,snoner,sonenr,soner,sonnerr,sonnre,ssonner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sonner - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

osnner2snoner2sonenr2soner1sonnerr1sonnre2ssonner1
Edit distance from "sonner"

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 "sonner"?
"sonner" is spelled S-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.ne\.
What does "sonner" mean?
As a verb, "sonner" means: Rendre un son.
What words are commonly confused with "sonner"?
"sonner" is commonly confused with "Sonny", "souper", "souder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sonner" is \sɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sonner" come from?
"sonner" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “sonner”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-O-N-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sɔ.ne\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “Sonny” - see the side-by-side comparison. sonner vs Sonny
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list