sofocando
[sofoˈkãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“sofocando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,582 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,582
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerundio de sofocar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sofocando · sofocando · Spanish
sofocando · rank #79,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,582
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH solapan
Nearest frequency peer: solapan (+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 “sofocando”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sobrepasados
sobrepasados
20,422 corpus weight
- sobrevalora…
sobrevalorados
20,421 corpus weight
- sofocando
sofocando
20,419 corpus weight
- solapan
solapan
20,418 corpus weight
- sonoridades
sonoridades
20,417 corpus weight
- soporten
soporten
20,416 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sofocando” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sofocando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [sofoˈkãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sofocando” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sofocando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,582 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [sofoˈkãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de sofocar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sofocando in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is sofocando, spelled S-O-F-O-C-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de sofocar.
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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