sardina

/[saɾˈð̞ina]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,394

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

sardina is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [saɾˈð̞ina]. Often confused with sarna and saudita.

Key facts for sardina
PropertyValue
Headwordsardina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[saɾˈð̞ina]
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,394
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sardina is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for sardina, with forms such as "asrdina", "sadrina", and "sarddina". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "sarna", "saudita", "sardinas", 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 sardina, spelled S-A-R-D-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 Sardina pilchardus, pero el nombre no se corresponde exactamente con ninguna taxonomía científica.
  2. 2
    Carne de la sardina₁, apreciada como alimento.
  3. 3
    Escondidas 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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asrdina,sadrina,sarddina,sardian,sardinna,sardnia,saridna,sarrdina,sradina,ssardina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sardina

Misspelling Variants of "sardina"

asrdina7sadrina7sarddina8sardian7sardinna8sardnia7saridna7sarrdina8
Misspelling Variants of "sardina"

Frequency rank: #29,394 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sardina"?
"sardina" is spelled S-A-R-D-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [saɾˈð̞ina].
What does "sardina" mean?
As a noun, "sardina" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "sardina"?
"sardina" is commonly confused with "sarna", "saudita", "sardinas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sardina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sardina" is [saɾˈð̞ina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sardina" come from?
"sardina" 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.