sobrevuela
[soβ̞ɾeˈβ̞wela]
The verdict
“sobrevuela” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,648 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,648
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sobrevolar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sobrevuela · sobrevuela · Spanish
sobrevuela · rank #70,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,648
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sobrehumano
Nearest frequency peer: sobrehumano (-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 “sobrevuela”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- simulados
simulados
29,357 corpus weight
- sleepy
sleepy
29,355 corpus weight
- sobrehumano
sobrehumano
29,354 corpus weight
- sobrevuela
sobrevuela
29,353 corpus weight
- sociolingüí…
sociolingüística
29,352 corpus weight
- sonatas
sonatas
29,349 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sobrevuela” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sobrevuela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [soβ̞ɾeˈβ̞wela] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sobrevuela” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sobrevuela is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,648 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [soβ̞ɾeˈβ̞wela]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sobrevuela in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sobrevuela, spelled S-O-B-R-E-V-U-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sobrevolar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de sobrevolar.
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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