sois

//ˈsojs// verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,136

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sois is aPortugueseverb. It means: segunda pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo ser Pronounced /ˈsojs/. Often confused with sou and sol.

Key facts for sois
PropertyValue
Headwordsois
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈsojs/
Letters4
Frequency rank#20,136
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sois in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sois is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsojs/. Corpus data places it at rank #20,136 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "segunda pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo ser".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for sois, with forms such as "osis", "sios", and "soiss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sou", "sol", "som", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is sois, spelled S-O-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    segunda pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo ser

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osis,sios,soiss,sosi,ssois

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sois

Misspelling Variants of "sois"

osis4sios4soiss5sosi4ssois5
Misspelling Variants of "sois"

Frequency rank: #20,136 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sois"?
"sois" is spelled S-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsojs/.
What does "sois" mean?
As a verb, "sois" means: segunda pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo ser
What words are commonly confused with "sois"?
"sois" is commonly confused with "sou", "sol", "som". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sois" is /ˈsojs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sois" come from?
"sois" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.