sont
/sɔ̃/
The verdict
“sont” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,732 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,732
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Presente del modo indicativo del verbo être (ser), para los pronombres ils/elles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sont · sont · Spanish
sont · rank #65,732 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,732
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sortija
Nearest frequency peer: sortija (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sont”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- socorrista
socorrista
34,274 corpus weight
- solariega
solariega
34,272 corpus weight
- soldada
soldada
34,271 corpus weight
- sont
sont
34,269 corpus weight
- sortija
sortija
34,268 corpus weight
- statement
statement
34,266 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sont” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sont |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sɔ̃/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sont” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sont is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,732 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /sɔ̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Presente del modo indicativo del verbo être (ser), para los pronombres ils/elles.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sont, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is sont, spelled S-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1Presente del modo indicativo del verbo être (ser), para los pronombres ils/elles.
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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