sapos

/[ˈsapos]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,614

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sapos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de sapo. Pronounced [ˈsapos]. Often confused with sos and sas.

Key facts for sapos
PropertyValue
Headwordsapos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsapos]
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,614
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sapos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sapos is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsapos]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,614 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de sapo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for sapos, with forms such as "aspos", "saops", and "saposs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sos", "sas", "supo", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is sapos, spelled S-A-P-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de sapo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aspos,saops,saposs,sappos,sapso,spaos,ssapos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sapos

Misspelling Variants of "sapos"

aspos5saops5saposs6sappos6sapso5spaos5ssapos6
Misspelling Variants of "sapos"

Frequency rank: #26,614 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sapos"?
"sapos" is spelled S-A-P-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsapos].
What does "sapos" mean?
As a noun, "sapos" means: Forma del plural de sapo.
What words are commonly confused with "sapos"?
"sapos" is commonly confused with "sos", "sas", "supo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sapos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sapos" is [ˈsapos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sapos" come from?
"sapos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.