social
[soˈsjal]
The verdict
“social” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #276 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #276
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relativo a la sociedad y a las personas que la conforman.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | social |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [soˈsjal] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “social” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for social is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [soˈsjal]. Corpus data places it at rank #276 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for social, with forms such as "oscial", "scoial", and "socail". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "socio", "solía", "sucia", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is social, spelled S-O-C-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relativo a la sociedad y a las personas que la conforman.
- 2Relativo a los socios de un colectivo.
- 3Perteneciente o relativo a una sociedad o colectivo.
- 4Relativo a las condiciones de trabajo.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oscial,scoial,socail,soccial,sociall,socila,soical,sosial,ssocial
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of social - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “social”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-C-I-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [soˈsjal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “socio” - see the side-by-side comparison. social vs socio
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.