sonámbulo
[soˈnãmbulo]
The verdict
“sonámbulo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,191 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,191
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
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-sonambulo · sonámbulo · Spanish
sonámbulo · rank #61,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,191
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sonaría
Nearest frequency peer: sonaría (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sonámbulo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sobrando
sobrando
38,814 corpus weight
- sonaría
sonaría
38,811 corpus weight
- sonámbulo
sonámbulo
38,810 corpus weight
- subtropical…
subtropicales
38,803 corpus weight
- suburbana
suburbana
38,802 corpus weight
- sugerentes
sugerentes
38,801 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sonámbulo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sonámbulo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [soˈnãmbulo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sonámbulo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sonámbulo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,191 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [soˈnãmbulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que realiza mientras duerme ciertas funciones propias de la vigilia, especialmente levantarse y caminar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sonámbulo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sonámbulo, spelled S-O-N-Á-M-B-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Que realiza mientras duerme ciertas funciones propias de la vigilia, especialmente levantarse y caminar.
This word in other languages
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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