sometía

[someˈt̪ia]

/[someˈt̪ia]/ verb

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The verdict

“sometía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,138 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,138
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de someter.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sometia · sometía · Spanish

sometía · rank #68,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,138
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH soup

Nearest frequency peer: soup (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “sometía”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “sometía” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sometía
PropertyValue
Headwordsometía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[someˈt̪ia]
Letters7
Frequency rank#68,138
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sometía” sits in Spanish frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).sometía lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

sometía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,138 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [someˈt̪ia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for sometía in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sometía, spelled S-O-M-E-T-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de someter.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de someter.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sometía"?
"sometía" is spelled S-O-M-E-T-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [someˈt̪ia].
What does "sometía" mean?
As a verb, "sometía" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de someter.
How do you pronounce "sometía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sometía" is [someˈt̪ia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sometía" come from?
"sometía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sometía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

started#68,141success#68,143sinople#68,132summary#68,145

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list