Sotomayor

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"sotomayor" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Sotomayor” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,788
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Spanish or Galician.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sotomayor · Sotomayor · English

Sotomayor · rank #46,788 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,788
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sortie

Nearest frequency peer: sortie (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Sotomayor”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Sotomayor” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sotomayor
PropertyValue
HeadwordSotomayor
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#46,788
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Sotomayor”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Sotomayorlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “sortie” (#46,787), “standish” (#46,789), “starburst” (#46,790). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Sotomayor” is #46,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Sotomayor, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,788 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Spanish or Galician.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sotomayor, with forms such as "ostomayor", "sootmayor", and "sotmoayor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From a Spanish habitational surname Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called Galician Soutomaior, from souto (“grove”) + maior (“larger”). The correct English form is Sotomayor, spelled S-O-T-O-M-A-Y-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from Spanish or Galician.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Sotomayor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law.

Etymology

From a Spanish habitational surname Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called Galician Soutomaior, from souto (“grove”) + maior (“larger”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ostomayor
  • sootmayor
  • sotmoayor
  • sotoamyor
  • sotomaoyr
  • sotomayorr
  • sotomayro
  • sotomayyor
  • sotommayor
  • sotomyaor
  • sottomayor
  • ssotomayor
  • stoomayor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sotomayor - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ostomayor2sootmayor2sotmoayor2sotoamyor2sotomaoyr2sotomayorr1sotomayro2sotomayyor1
Edit distance from "Sotomayor"

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 "Sotomayor"?
"Sotomayor" is spelled S-O-T-O-M-A-Y-O-R.
What does "Sotomayor" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sotomayor" means: A surname from Spanish or Galician.
What are common misspellings of "Sotomayor"?
Common misspellings include "ostomayor", "sootmayor", "sotmoayor", "sotoamyor", "sotomaoyr". The correct spelling is "Sotomayor".
What is the origin of the word "Sotomayor"?
From a Spanish habitational surname Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called Galician Soutomaior, from souto (“grove”) + maior (“larger”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sotomayor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

starburst#46,790Sophocles#46,785statuette#46,792Snodgrass#46,783

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

standish13 variantsstoreroom13 variantsshorting13 variantsthankless13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list