sopapo
[soˈpapo]
The verdict
“sopapo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,440 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,440
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Golpe que se da con la mano debajo de la papada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sopapo · sopapo · Spanish
sopapo · rank #82,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,440
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,953
- PHOTO-FINISH sometiéndose
Nearest frequency peer: sometiéndose (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sopapo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- soliloquio
soliloquio
17,564 corpus weight
- sometería
sometería
17,563 corpus weight
- sometiéndose
sometiéndose
17,562 corpus weight
- sopapo
sopapo
17,561 corpus weight
- soportadas
soportadas
17,560 corpus weight
- spes
spes
17,558 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sopapo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sopapo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [soˈpapo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sopapo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sopapo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,440 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [soˈpapo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
sopapo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sopapo, spelled S-O-P-A-P-O.
Definition
- 1Golpe que se da con la mano debajo de la papada.
- 2Cachetada.
- 3Golpe fuerte.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sopapo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.