sardina
[saɾˈð̞ina]
The verdict
“sardina” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #29,394 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,394
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualquiera de numerosas especies de peces de la familia de los clupeidos, abundantes en todo el mundo, muy apreciados en gastronomía; la especie a la que originalmente se aplicó el término es Sardi...
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 | sardina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [saɾˈð̞ina] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sardina” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sardina is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saɾˈð̞ina]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,394 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 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 sardina, with forms such as "asrdina", "sadrina", and "sarddina". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "sarna", "saudita", "sardinas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sardina, spelled S-A-R-D-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Cualquiera de numerosas especies de peces de la familia de los clupeidos, abundantes en todo el mundo, muy apreciados en gastronomía; la especie a la que originalmente se aplicó el término es Sardina pilchardus, pero el nombre no se corresponde exactamente con ninguna taxonomía científica.
- 2Carne de la sardina₁, apreciada como alimento.
- 3Escondidas en donde todos cuentan, uno se esconde y luego quienes van encontrando al que está escondido se van sumando con él hasta que quede el último.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asrdina,sadrina,sarddina,sardian,sardinna,sardnia,saridna,sarrdina,sradina,ssardina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sardina - 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 “sardina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-R-D-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [saɾˈð̞ina] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sarna” - see the side-by-side comparison. sardina vs sarna
- 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.