sobaco
[soˈβ̞ako]
The verdict
“sobaco” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #62,660 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,660
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Concavidad que forma el brazo en su articulación con el hombro. A partir de la pubertad se cubre de vello.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sobaco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [soˈβ̞ako] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,660 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sobaco” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sobaco is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [soˈβ̞ako]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,660 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sobaco, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is sobaco, spelled S-O-B-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1Concavidad que forma el brazo en su articulación con el hombro. A partir de la pubertad se cubre de vello.
- 2Ángulo formado por una hoja y su eje.
Synonyms
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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 “sobaco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-B-A-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [soˈβ̞ako] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.