somnámbulo
[sõmˈnãmbulo]
The verdict
“somnámbulo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que realiza mientras duerme ciertas funciones propias de la vigilia, especialmente levantarse y caminar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-somnambulo · somnámbulo · Spanish
somnámbulo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | somnámbulo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sõmˈnãmbulo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “somnámbulo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
somnámbulo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [sõmˈnãmbulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que realiza mientras duerme ciertas funciones propias de la vigilia, especialmente levantarse y caminar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for somnámbulo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists 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 somnámbulo, spelled S-O-M-N-Á-M-B-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Que realiza mientras duerme ciertas funciones propias de la vigilia, especialmente levantarse y caminar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.