sonrojo
[sõnˈroxo]
The verdict
“sonrojo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #58,122 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #58,122
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de sonrojar o sonrojarse (ponerse rojizo el rostro por vergüenza, turbación o timidez).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sonrojo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sõnˈroxo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sonrojo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sonrojo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sõnˈroxo]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,122 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sonrojo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sonrojo, spelled S-O-N-R-O-J-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de sonrojar o sonrojarse (ponerse rojizo el rostro por vergüenza, turbación o timidez).
- 2Expresión o situación que produce vergüenza, turbación o timidez, que hace sonrojar; improperio, insulto, ofensa.
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 “sonrojo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-N-R-O-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sõnˈroxo] (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.