sons

\sɔ̃\

/\sɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“sons” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,287
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sons · sons · French

sons · rank #4,287 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,287
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH smith

Nearest frequency peer: smith (-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 « sons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sons » 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).

sons vs ss
50% similar
sons vs sun
50% similar
sons vs sou
50% similar

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

Key facts for sons
PropertyValue
Headwordsons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,287
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sons »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « smith » (#4,286), « stupide » (#4,288), « sam » (#4,285). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sons » est au #4,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around sons (IPA \sɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,287 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de son.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sons, with forms such as "osns", "snos", and "sonns". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ss", "sun", "sou", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sons, spelled S-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de son.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’avais acheté une vieille 4L dont les cardans exténués rendaient d’inquiétants sons de castagnettes et je roulais des journées entières sur des routes où la mort guettait à chaque virage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osns
  • snos
  • sonns
  • sonss
  • sosn
  • ssons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sons - 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.

osns2snos2sonns1sonss1sosn2ssons1
Edit distance from "sons"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

acide6 variantssacs6 variantstrait6 variantspiano6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list