socava
[soˈkaβ̞a]
The verdict
“socava” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,808 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,808
- 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 socavar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-socava · socava · Spanish
socava · rank #69,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,808
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH Solsona
Nearest frequency peer: Solsona (+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 “socava”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sintáctica
sintáctica
30,197 corpus weight
- sirviéndose
sirviéndose
30,196 corpus weight
- sitiar
sitiar
30,195 corpus weight
- socava
socava
30,193 corpus weight
- Solsona
Solsona
30,192 corpus weight
- soportaron
soportaron
30,189 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “socava” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | socava |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [soˈkaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “socava” en español
Rare enough to double-check
socava is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,808 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [soˈkaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for socava in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is socava, spelled S-O-C-A-V-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de socavar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de socavar.
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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