sabroso
[saˈβ̞ɾoso]
The verdict
“sabroso” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #14,703 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #14,703
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que tiene buen sabor.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sabroso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [saˈβ̞ɾoso] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sabroso” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sabroso is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saˈβ̞ɾoso]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,703 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sabroso, with forms such as "asbroso", "sabbroso", and "saborso". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "sabrosos", "sabrás", "sabios", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sabroso, spelled S-A-B-R-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene buen sabor.
- 2Que produce placer, que es agradable.
- 3Levemente salado.
- 4Que es alegre, que divierte o entretiene.
- 5Dicho de la música, del baile o del ritmo: de melodía o ritmo atractivo, agradable, dulce.
- 6Dicho de una persona: que intenta vivir sin esforzarse ni preocuparse, en general sustentándose de lo ajeno.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asbroso,sabbroso,saborso,sabroos,sabrosso,sabrroso,sabrsoo,sarboso,savroso,sbaroso,ssabroso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sabroso - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sabroso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-B-R-O-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [saˈβ̞ɾoso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sabrosos” - see the side-by-side comparison. sabroso vs sabrosos
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.