sonámbulo
[soˈnãmbulo]
The verdict
“sonámbulo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,191 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #61,191
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que realiza mientras duerme ciertas funciones propias de la vigilia, especialmente levantarse y caminar.
| 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) |
Where “sonámbulo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sonámbulo is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [soˈnãmbulo]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,191 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “sonámbulo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-N-Á-M-B-U-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [soˈnãmbulo] (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.