snob
[ˈsnoβ̞]
The verdict
“snob” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #47,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,422
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, que ostentosamente pertenece o simula pertenecer a una clase social pudiente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-snob · snob · Spanish
snob · rank #47,422 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,422
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sobresaltos
Nearest frequency peer: sobresaltos (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “snob”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- sincronizad…
sincronizados
52,584 corpus weight
- sirope
sirope
52,582 corpus weight
- snob
snob
52,579 corpus weight
- sobresaltos
sobresaltos
52,578 corpus weight
- solera
solera
52,577 corpus weight
- streams
streams
52,574 corpus weight
What this shows “snob” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | snob |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsnoβ̞] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #47,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “snob”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around snob (IPA [ˈsnoβ̞]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,422 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for snob, with forms such as "nsob", "snbo", and "snnob". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "son", "soy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is snob, spelled S-N-O-B.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, que ostentosamente pertenece o simula pertenecer a una clase social pudiente.
- 2Dicho de un lugar o de una cosa, propia de un snob₁.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how snob appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
—Como persona no es ni una cosa. Es una pobre y triste snob. Agarra la onda que venga. Un día es hippie, por la tarde se ha vuelto punk, y al otro día amanece new wave.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nsob
- snbo
- snnob
- snobb
- snov
- sonb
- ssnob
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of snob - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "snob", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).