sonido
[soˈnið̞o]
The verdict
“sonido” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,961 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,961
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sensación percibida por el oído causada por la vibración del aire o de otro medio.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sonido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [soˈnið̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sonido” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sonido is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [soˈnið̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,961 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sensación percibida por el oído causada por la vibración del aire o de otro medio.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sonido, with forms such as "osnido", "snoido", and "soindo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sonó", "sordo", "subido", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sonido, spelled S-O-N-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Sensación percibida por el oído causada por la vibración del aire o de otro medio.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osnido,snoido,soindo,sondio,soniddo,soniod,sonnido,ssonido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sonido - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “sonido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-N-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [soˈnið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sonó” - see the side-by-side comparison. sonido vs sonó
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.