sobran

/[ˈsoβ̞ɾãn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,717

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sobran is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sobrar. Pronounced [ˈsoβ̞ɾãn]. Often confused with sobre and suban.

Key facts for sobran
PropertyValue
Headwordsobran
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈsoβ̞ɾãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,717
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sobran is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsoβ̞ɾãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,717 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sobrar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for sobran, with forms such as "osbran", "sboran", and "sobarn". 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, "sobre", "suban", "sombra", 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 sobran, spelled S-O-B-R-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sobrar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osbran,sboran,sobarn,sobbran,sobrann,sobrna,sobrran,sorban,sovran,ssobran

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sobran

Misspelling Variants of "sobran"

osbran6sboran6sobarn6sobbran7sobrann7sobrna6sobrran7sorban6
Misspelling Variants of "sobran"

Frequency rank: #12,717 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sobran"?
"sobran" is spelled S-O-B-R-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsoβ̞ɾãn].
What does "sobran" mean?
As a verb, "sobran" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sobrar.
What words are commonly confused with "sobran"?
"sobran" is commonly confused with "sobre", "suban", "sombra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sobran"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sobran" is [ˈsoβ̞ɾãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sobran" come from?
"sobran" 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.