sombras

/[ˈsõmbɾas]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,653

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

sombras is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de sombra. Pronounced [ˈsõmbɾas]. It ranks #4,653 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sombrío and sonoras.

Key facts for sombras
PropertyValue
Headwordsombras
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsõmbɾas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,653
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sombras in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sombras is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsõmbɾas]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,653 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de sombra.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for sombras, with forms such as "osmbras", "smobras", and "sobmras". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "sombrío", "sonoras", "sobra", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is sombras, spelled S-O-M-B-R-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de sombra.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osmbras,smobras,sobmras,sombars,sombbras,sombrass,sombrras,sombrsa,sommbras,somrbas,somvras,ssombras

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sombras

Misspelling Variants of "sombras"

osmbras7smobras7sobmras7sombars7sombbras8sombrass8sombrras8sombrsa7
Misspelling Variants of "sombras"

Frequency rank: #4,653 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sombras"?
"sombras" is spelled S-O-M-B-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsõmbɾas].
What does "sombras" mean?
As a noun, "sombras" means: Forma del plural de sombra.
What words are commonly confused with "sombras"?
"sombras" is commonly confused with "sombrío", "sonoras", "sobra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sombras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sombras" is [ˈsõmbɾas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sombras" come from?
"sombras" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.