Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

socal

/ˈsoʊ.kæl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: so-cal
IPA: /ˈsoʊ.kæl/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Abbreviation of Southern California.

name

Syllabic abbreviation of Southern California.

name

The South Coast region of California.

Informal

Example Sentences

"I lived in Socal for about 10 years."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

So-cal (alternative) Southern California (alternative)

Antonyms

Norcal

Rhymes With

local vocal focal sokol stoeckel vanroekel moeckel

Questions

How do you pronounce socal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsoʊ.kæl/.
What does socal mean?: Abbreviation of Southern California.

How to pronounce socal

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