sofreír
[sofɾeˈiɾ]
The verdict
“sofreír” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cocinar un alimento calentándolo brevemente con poco aceite o grasa (para freírlo un poco), de modo que la comida se dore sin pegarse a la sartén.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sofreir · sofreír · Spanish
sofreír · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sofreír |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [sofɾeˈiɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sofreír” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sofreír is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [sofɾeˈiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cocinar un alimento calentándolo brevemente con poco aceite o grasa (para freírlo un poco), de modo que la comida se dore sin pegarse a la sartén.".
sofreír has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sofreír, spelled S-O-F-R-E-Í-R.
Definition
- 1Cocinar un alimento calentándolo brevemente con poco aceite o grasa (para freírlo un poco), de modo que la comida se dore sin pegarse a la sartén.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.