sopor
[soˈpoɾ]
The verdict
“sopor” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,779 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,779
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adormecimiento, somnolencia; condición o estado de tener deseos de dormir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sopor · sopor · Spanish
sopor · rank #76,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,779
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH soplón
Nearest frequency peer: soplón (-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 “sopor”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- soil
soil
23,226 corpus weight
- solteronas
solteronas
23,225 corpus weight
- soplón
soplón
23,223 corpus weight
- sopor
sopor
23,222 corpus weight
- soportaban
soportaban
23,221 corpus weight
- sorprendemos
sorprendemos
23,220 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sopor” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sopor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [soˈpoɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sopor” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sopor is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,779 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [soˈpoɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
sopor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 sopor, spelled S-O-P-O-R.
Definition
- 1Adormecimiento, somnolencia; condición o estado de tener deseos de dormir.
- 2Somnolencia morbosa persistente.
- 3Condición de estar durmiendo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sopor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Ya no era capaz de sentir terror ni de esperar nada. Una especie de sopor se había apoderado de él, dejando en su cerebro sólo una débil chispa de conciencia».
Synonyms
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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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