sobrar
[soˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
The verdict
“sobrar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,528 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,528
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exceder o sobrepujar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sobrar · sobrar · Spanish
sobrar · rank #66,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,528
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sly
Nearest frequency peer: sly (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sobrar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sive
sive
33,477 corpus weight
- siéntanse
siéntanse
33,476 corpus weight
- sly
sly
33,474 corpus weight
- sobrar
sobrar
33,473 corpus weight
- Stonehenge
Stonehenge
33,470 corpus weight
- stretch
stretch
33,469 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sobrar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sobrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [soˈβ̞ɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sobrar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sobrar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,528 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [soˈβ̞ɾaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sobrar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sobrar, spelled S-O-B-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Exceder o sobrepujar.
- 2Fanfarronear las capacidades propias frente a otra persona, hacer alarde de la propia superioridad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sobrar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Había dicho: “Ya me sobrará tiempo para descansar cuando me muera pero esta eventualidad no está todavía en mis proyectos”.
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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