socavón

[sokaˈβ̞õn]

/[sokaˈβ̞õn]/ noun

The verdict

“socavón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,634 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,634
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cueva artificial o galería excavada horizontalmente en el monte.

Corpus desk

Index ES-socavon · socavón · Spanish

socavón · rank #59,634 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,634
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH sobrevivirán

Nearest frequency peer: sobrevivirán (-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 “socavón”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “socavón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for socavón
PropertyValue
Headwordsocavón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sokaˈβ̞õn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,634
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “socavón” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.socavóncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “sobrevivirán” (#59,633), “soldier” (#59,636), “sinergias” (#59,631). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “socavón” va en #59,634. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

socavón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,634 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sokaˈβ̞õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for socavón 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is socavón, spelled S-O-C-A-V-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cueva artificial o galería excavada horizontalmente en el monte.
  2. 2
    Zona en que el suelo se ha hundido a causa de haber quedado en falso.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how socavón appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Un minero encontró trágica muerte tras un derrumbe al interior del socavón de una mina subterránea".
  2. "Una máquina de limpieza quedó atrapada en un socavón provocado por el hundimiento del subsuelo".

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "socavón"?
"socavón" is spelled S-O-C-A-V-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [sokaˈβ̞õn].
What does "socavón" mean?
As a noun, "socavón" means: Cueva artificial o galería excavada horizontalmente en el monte.
How do you pronounce "socavón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "socavón" is [sokaˈβ̞õn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "socavón", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list