sofista
[soˈfist̪a]
The verdict
“sofista” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,737 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,737
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona perteneciente a un grupo de maestros de retórica, propio de la Atenas democrática del siglo V y IV a. C. Caracterizados por el relativismo, la naturaleza, creación de leyes, la moralidad, c...
Corpus desk
Index ES-sofista · sofista · Spanish
sofista · rank #95,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,737
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sollozo
Nearest frequency peer: sollozo (+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 “sofista”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- siéntense
siéntense
4,268 corpus weight
- snuff
snuff
4,267 corpus weight
- sofista
sofista
4,264 corpus weight
- sollozo
sollozo
4,263 corpus weight
- soltaban
soltaban
4,262 corpus weight
- sometiera
sometiera
4,261 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sofista” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sofista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [soˈfist̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sofista” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sofista is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,737 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [soˈfist̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona perteneciente a un grupo de maestros de retórica, propio de la Atenas democrática del siglo V y IV a. C. Caracterizados por el relativismo, la naturaleza, creación de leyes, la moralidad, c...".
sofista doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is sofista, spelled S-O-F-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Persona perteneciente a un grupo de maestros de retórica, propio de la Atenas democrática del siglo V y IV a. C. Caracterizados por el relativismo, la naturaleza, creación de leyes, la moralidad, conocimiento del lenguaje, la concepción gnoseológica constructivista y el escepticismo respecto al valor absoluto del conocimiento.
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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