sojavssoxConfusable pair

Which to use

“soja” and “sox” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,058
“soja” frequency rank
#23,694
“sox” frequency rank
35752
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soja sox
Definition Légumineuse de la famille des Fabacées originaire de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée. Pluriel de sock.

Where the eye mixes soja and sox

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

4 ch
soja
3 ch
sox

Visual trap between soja and sox

A purely visual mix-up. soja (\sɔ.ʒa\) and sox (\ˈsɑks\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

soja is recorded at frequency rank #12,058, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.ʒa\. sox is at rank #23,694, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈsɑks\.

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 35752, this pair ranks #274,500 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of soja vs sox

Shared letters: os. Private to "soja": aj. Private to "sox": x.

"soja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sox" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sojaosja · sjoa · soaj · sojja · ssoja

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "soja" for "sox" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\sɔ.ʒa\ versus \ˈsɑks\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "soja" or "sox"?
"soja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,058 in our French list, against #23,694 for "sox". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "soja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sox" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #274,500 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soja" and "sox" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sox vs suu". 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 #274,500 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list