sangría
[sãŋˈgɾia]
The verdict
“sangría” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #30,246 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,246
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de sangrar
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 | sangría |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sãŋˈgɾia] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sangría” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sangría is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sãŋˈgɾia]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,246 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 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sangría, with forms such as "asngría", "sagnría", and "sanggría". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "sonría", "señoría", "santería", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sangría, spelled S-A-N-G-R-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de sangrar
- 2Espacio que se deja al principio de un párrafo.
- 3Bebida hecha a base de vino tinto y zumos de frutas.
- 4Paso del metal líquido desde el horno hasta la caldera.
- 5Tratamiento médico donde se retira sangre del paciente para el tratamiento de distintas dolencias.
- 6Parte opuesta al codo por donde se dobla el brazo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asngría,sagnría,sanggría,sangraí,sangrría,sangíra,sanngría,sanrgía,snagría,ssangría
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sangría - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “sangría”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-N-G-R-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sãŋˈgɾia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sonría” - see the side-by-side comparison. sangría vs sonría
- 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.