# Sonora

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #37,699

## Definitions
1. A state of Mexico.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. A number of places in the United States:
9. A community in St. Mary's district municipality, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
10. A surname.

## Etymology
Via Spanish, maybe from Opata xunuta.

## Easily confused with
- **sora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonora-vs-sora)
- **Sonya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonora-vs-sonya)
- **sona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sona-vs-sonora)
- **Sonia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sonora)
- **sonar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonar-vs-sonora)
- **snort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sonora)
- **Sonja** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonja-vs-sonora)
- **snore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snore-vs-sonora)
- **señor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/senor-vs-sonora)
- **Sandra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandra-vs-sonora)
- **Sonoma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonoma-vs-sonora)
- **sonata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonata-vs-sonora)
- **señora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/senora-vs-sonora)

## Common misspellings (8)
`osnora`, `snoora`, `sonnora`, `sonoar`, `sonorra`, `sonroa`, `soonra`, `ssonora`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sonora