sox
\ˈsɑks\
The verdict
“sox” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #23,694 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,694
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de sock.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sox |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsɑks\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #23,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sox” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sox is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈsɑks\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,694 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de sock.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sox in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "st", "su", "ss", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sox, spelled S-O-X.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de sock.
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.
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Using “sox”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈsɑks\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “st” - see the side-by-side comparison. sox vs st
- 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.