somme

/sɔm/

//sɔm// noun

The verdict

“somme” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,400 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,400
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suma.

Corpus desk

Index ES-somme · somme · Spanish

somme · rank #91,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,400
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH solidificación

Nearest frequency peer: solidificación (-2 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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “somme”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “somme” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for somme
PropertyValue
Headwordsomme
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɔm/
Letters5
Frequency rank#91,400
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “somme” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).sommecae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “solidificación” (#91,398), “soldiers” (#91,397), “spoken” (#91,404). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “somme” va en #91,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

somme is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,400 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɔm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suma.".

somme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is somme, spelled S-O-M-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suma.

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 "somme"?
"somme" is spelled S-O-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is /sɔm/.
What does "somme" mean?
As a noun, "somme" means: Suma.
How do you pronounce "somme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "somme" is /sɔm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "somme" come from?
"somme" 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 "somme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list