sonoras

/[soˈnoɾas]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,310

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

sonoras is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino plural de sonoro. Pronounced [soˈnoɾas]. Often confused with sonoro and sonoros.

Key facts for sonoras
PropertyValue
Headwordsonoras
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[soˈnoɾas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,310
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sonoras in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sonoras is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [soˈnoɾas]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,310 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de sonoro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for sonoras, with forms such as "osnoras", "snooras", and "sonnoras". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "sonoro", "sonoros", "señora", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is sonoras, spelled S-O-N-O-R-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de sonoro.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osnoras,snooras,sonnoras,sonoars,sonorass,sonorras,sonorsa,sonroas,soonras,ssonoras

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sonoras

Misspelling Variants of "sonoras"

osnoras7snooras7sonnoras8sonoars7sonorass8sonorras8sonorsa7sonroas7
Misspelling Variants of "sonoras"

Frequency rank: #24,310 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sonoras"?
"sonoras" is spelled S-O-N-O-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [soˈnoɾas].
What does "sonoras" mean?
As an adj, "sonoras" means: Forma del femenino plural de sonoro.
What words are commonly confused with "sonoras"?
"sonoras" is commonly confused with "sonoro", "sonoros", "señora". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sonoras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sonoras" is [soˈnoɾas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sonoras" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.