Plural of sock
regular plural
The plural of sock is socks.
Forms of sock
| Singular | sock /sɒk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | socks /sɒks/ |
| Countable | countable |
Less standard forms: sox (nonstandard).
Socks in a sentence
- Your feet will soon warm up once your socks are on.From the entry on
- Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.From the entry odd
- There are, in addition to all the red socks, a number that don’t suit me either.From the entry number
- Socks can’t be boiled up in the copper with the sheets and towels or they shrink.From the entry copper
- I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate.From the entry mate
Meaning of sock
- noun A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
- noun Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors.
- noun The lower leg of an animal (of an animal) that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
Questions about the plural of sock
- What is the plural of sock?
- The plural of sock is socks.
- Is sock countable?
- Sock is a countable noun.
- Is sox correct?
- sox is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual plural of sock is socks.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sock (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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