somebody

Name: somebody, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈsʌmˌbɒdi/

//ˈsʌmˌbɒdi// pron

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“somebody” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #64,993 in Spanish word frequency and used as a pronoun.

#64,993
frequency rank, Spanish: 8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alguien.

Key facts for somebody
Property	Value
Headword	somebody
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Pronoun
IPA	/ˈsʌmˌbɒdi/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#64,993
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “somebody” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). somebody lands here:

#64,993

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for somebody is 8 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsʌmˌbɒdi/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,993 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alguien.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for somebody, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is somebody, spelled S-O-M-E-B-O-D-Y.

Definition

1
Alguien.

Synonyms

someone

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "somebody"?

"somebody" is spelled S-O-M-E-B-O-D-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsʌmˌbɒdi/.

What does "somebody" mean?

As a pronoun, "somebody" means: Alguien.

How do you pronounce "somebody"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "somebody" is /ˈsʌmˌbɒdi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "somebody" come from?

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Using “somebody”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-M-E-B-O-D-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈsʌmˌbɒdi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.