sangria

Name: sangria, English Word Data
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/sæŋˈɡɹiːə/

//sæŋˈɡɹiːə// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“sangria” is uncommon English (frequency #52,613 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,613
frequency rank, English: 54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit.

Key facts for sangria
Property	Value
Headword	sangria
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/sæŋˈɡɹiːə/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#52,613
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sangria” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sangria lands here:

#52,613

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sangria is uncommon English at frequency #52,613 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sæŋˈɡɹiːə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sangria in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish sangría, from sangre (“blood”) + -ía. The correct English form is sangria, spelled S-A-N-G-R-I-A.

Definition

1
A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit.
2
A deep red color.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sangría, from sangre (“blood”) + -ía.

This word in other languages

sangría(Español)sangria(Français)Sangria(Deutsch)sangria(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sangria"?

"sangria" is spelled S-A-N-G-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /sæŋˈɡɹiːə/.

What does "sangria" mean?

As a noun, "sangria" means: A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit.

How do you pronounce "sangria"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sangria" is /sæŋˈɡɹiːə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "sangria"?

Borrowed from Spanish sangría, from sangre (“blood”) + -ía. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “sangria”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is S-A-N-G-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /sæŋˈɡɹiːə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.