sobremesa

/[soβ̞ɾeˈmesa]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,829

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

sobremesa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tapete que se pone sobre la mesa por adorno, limpieza o comodidad. Pronounced [soβ̞ɾeˈmesa]. Often confused with sobrepeso and sobrepasa.

Key facts for sobremesa
PropertyValue
Headwordsobremesa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[soβ̞ɾeˈmesa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,829
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sobremesa is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [soβ̞ɾeˈmesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,829 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for sobremesa, with forms such as "osbremesa", "sboremesa", and "sobbremesa". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sobrepeso", "sobrepasa", 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 sobremesa, spelled S-O-B-R-E-M-E-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tapete que se pone sobre la mesa por adorno, limpieza o comodidad.
  2. 2
    Tiempo que se está a la mesa depués de haber comido.
  3. 3
    Postre.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osbremesa,sboremesa,sobbremesa,sobermesa,sobreemsa,sobremeas,sobremessa,sobremmesa,sobremsea,sobrmeesa,sobrremesa,sorbemesa,sovremesa,ssobremesa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sobremesa

Misspelling Variants of "sobremesa"

osbremesa9sboremesa9sobbremesa10sobermesa9sobreemsa9sobremeas9sobremessa10sobremmesa10
Misspelling Variants of "sobremesa"

Frequency rank: #36,829 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sobremesa"?
"sobremesa" is spelled S-O-B-R-E-M-E-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [soβ̞ɾeˈmesa].
What does "sobremesa" mean?
As a noun, "sobremesa" means: Tapete que se pone sobre la mesa por adorno, limpieza o comodidad.
What words are commonly confused with "sobremesa"?
"sobremesa" is commonly confused with "sobrepeso", "sobrepasa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sobremesa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sobremesa" is [soβ̞ɾeˈmesa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sobremesa" come from?
"sobremesa" 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.