société

[sɔ.sje.ˈte]

/[sɔ.sje.ˈte]/ noun

The verdict

“société” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,929 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,929
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sociedad

Corpus desk

Index ES-societe · société · Spanish

société · rank #51,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,929
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH solucionamos

Nearest frequency peer: solucionamos (+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 “société”

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 “société” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for société
PropertyValue
Headwordsociété
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sɔ.sje.ˈte]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,929
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “société” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).sociétécae 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: “solucionamos” (#51,930), “slide” (#51,927), “sleeping” (#51,926). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “société” va en #51,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

société is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,929 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sɔ.sje.ˈte]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sociedad".

No generated misspelling entries exist for société in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 société, spelled S-O-C-I-É-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sociedad

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 "société"?
"société" is spelled S-O-C-I-É-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is [sɔ.sje.ˈte].
What does "société" mean?
As a noun, "société" means: Sociedad
How do you pronounce "société"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "société" is [sɔ.sje.ˈte]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "société" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "société", 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