sopa

[ˈsopa]

/[ˈsopa]/ noun

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The verdict

“sopa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,673
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Preparación liquida y cocida junto con otros ingredientes como carne o verduras.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sopa · sopa · Spanish

sopa · rank #5,673 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,673
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH sincero

Nearest frequency peer: sincero (-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 “sopa”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sopa” 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).

sopa vs soy
50% similar
sopa vs sos
50% similar
sopa vs sta
50% similar

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

Key facts for sopa
PropertyValue
Headwordsopa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsopa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,673
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sopa”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sopacae 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 “sincero” (#5,672), “siglas” (#5,671), “Suecia” (#5,675). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sopa” va en #5,673. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around sopa (IPA [ˈsopa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,673 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sopa, with forms such as "ospa", "soap", and "soppa". 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", "sta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is sopa, spelled S-O-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Preparación liquida y cocida junto con otros ingredientes como carne o verduras.
  2. 2
    Dícese del sancocho, preparación similar pero más cargada.

This word in other languages

soup(English)soupe(Français)Suppe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ospa
  • soap
  • soppa
  • spoa
  • ssopa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ospa2soap2soppa1spoa2ssopa1
Edit distance from "sopa"

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 "sopa"?
"sopa" is spelled S-O-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsopa].
What does "sopa" mean?
As a noun, "sopa" means: Preparación liquida y cocida junto con otros ingredientes como carne o verduras.
What words are commonly confused with "sopa"?
"sopa" is commonly confused with "soy", "sos", "sta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sopa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sopa" is [ˈsopa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sopa" come from?
"sopa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tapa#5,677sara#5,667vera#5,682plus#5,653

Similar misspelling depth

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

pene5 variantscoma5 variantsmami5 variantsgano5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list