song

/sɒŋ/

//sɒŋ// noun

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The verdict

“song” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,464. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,464
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-song · song · Spanish

song · rank #14,464 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,464
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH solitaria

Nearest frequency peer: solitaria (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “song”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “song” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

song vs soy
50% similar
song vs sos
50% similar
song vs sun
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for song
PropertyValue
Headwordsong
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɒŋ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#14,464
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “song”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).songcae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “solitaria” (#14,463), “sobrevive” (#14,462), “style” (#14,466). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “song” va en #14,464. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around song (IPA /sɒŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,464 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for song, with forms such as "osng", "snog", and "sogn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "soy", "sos", "sun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is song, spelled S-O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Canción.
  2. 2
    Canto.
  3. 3
    Cántico.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how song appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osng
  • snog
  • sogn
  • songg
  • sonng
  • ssong

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of song - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osng2snog2sogn2songg1sonng1ssong1
Edit distance from "song"

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 "song"?
"song" is spelled S-O-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /sɒŋ/.
What does "song" mean?
As a noun, "song" means: Canción.
What words are commonly confused with "song"?
"song" is commonly confused with "soy", "sos", "sun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "song"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "song" is /sɒŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "song" come from?
"song" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

taco#14,467sena#14,456toni#14,472race#14,436

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Villar6 variantspink6 variantsaudaz6 variantsMauro6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list