sombrilla
[sõmˈbɾiʝa]
The verdict
“sombrilla” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #37,326 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,326
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Especie de paraguas más grande, que consta de un palo y una copa de tela con la que se tapa el sol y se genera un espacio de sombra.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sombrilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sõmˈbɾiʝa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sombrilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sombrilla is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sõmˈbɾiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,326 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Especie de paraguas más grande, que consta de un palo y una copa de tela con la que se tapa el sol y se genera un espacio de sombra.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sombrilla, with forms such as "osmbrilla", "smobrilla", and "sobmrilla". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sombrilla, spelled S-O-M-B-R-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Especie de paraguas más grande, que consta de un palo y una copa de tela con la que se tapa el sol y se genera un espacio de sombra.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osmbrilla,smobrilla,sobmrilla,sombbrilla,sombirlla,sombrila,sombrilal,sombrlila,sombrrilla,sommbrilla,somrbilla,somvrilla,ssombrilla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sombrilla - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “sombrilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-M-B-R-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sõmˈbɾiʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.