pseudo vs so-called

pseudo

adj

  • Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham. 

  • Insincere. 

noun

  • An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual. 

  • pseudo-city code 

  • A poseur; one who is fake. 

  • A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity. 

so-called

adj

  • Commonly called by such a name, but not worthy of it. 

  • So named; commonly called. 

How often have the words pseudo and so-called occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )