sobresaltado
[soβ̞ɾesal̪ˈt̪að̞o]
The verdict
“sobresaltado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,435 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,435
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de sobresaltar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sobresaltado · sobresaltado · Spanish
sobresaltado · rank #82,435 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,435
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,953
- PHOTO-FINISH sobresalido
Nearest frequency peer: sobresalido (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sobresaltado”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- slaughter
slaughter
17,570 corpus weight
- sobresalido
sobresalido
17,567 corpus weight
- sobresaltado
sobresaltado
17,566 corpus weight
- solidarizo
solidarizo
17,565 corpus weight
- soliloquio
soliloquio
17,564 corpus weight
- sometería
sometería
17,563 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sobresaltado” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sobresaltado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [soβ̞ɾesal̪ˈt̪að̞o] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #82,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sobresaltado” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sobresaltado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,435 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [soβ̞ɾesal̪ˈt̪að̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio de sobresaltar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sobresaltado in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sobresaltado, spelled S-O-B-R-E-S-A-L-T-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Participio de sobresaltar.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sobresaltado", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.