sobra

/[ˈsoβ̞ɾa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,563

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sobra is aSpanishnoun. It means: Porción de algo que excede su cantidad, peso, valor, límite o tamaño convencionales o habituales. Pronounced [ˈsoβ̞ɾa]. It ranks #5,563 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Sola and sopa.

Key facts for sobra
PropertyValue
Headwordsobra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsoβ̞ɾa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,563
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sobra is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsoβ̞ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,563 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for sobra, with forms such as "osbra", "sbora", and "sobar". 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, "Sola", "sopa", "suba", 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 sobra, spelled S-O-B-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porción de algo que excede su cantidad, peso, valor, límite o tamaño convencionales o habituales.
  2. 2
    Acción o expresión que ofende, insulta o se considera descortés.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osbra,sbora,sobar,sobbra,sobrra,sorba,sovra,ssobra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sobra

Misspelling Variants of "sobra"

osbra5sbora5sobar5sobbra6sobrra6sorba5sovra5ssobra6
Misspelling Variants of "sobra"

Frequency rank: #5,563 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sobra"?
"sobra" is spelled S-O-B-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsoβ̞ɾa].
What does "sobra" mean?
As a noun, "sobra" means: Porción de algo que excede su cantidad, peso, valor, límite o tamaño convencionales o habituales.
What words are commonly confused with "sobra"?
"sobra" is commonly confused with "Sola", "sopa", "suba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sobra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sobra" is [ˈsoβ̞ɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sobra" come from?
"sobra" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Spanish index:

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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.