sorprendía

[soɾpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ia]

/[soɾpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ia]/ verb

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The verdict

“sorprendía” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #46,822. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,822
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sorprender o de sorprenderse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sorprendia · sorprendía · Spanish

sorprendía · rank #46,822 · 15 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,822
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH sorprendan

Nearest frequency peer: sorprendan (-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 “sorprendía”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sorprendía” 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).

sorprendía vs sorprendo
80% similar
sorprendía vs sorprendió
80% similar
sorprendía vs sorprendido
73% similar

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

Key facts for sorprendía
PropertyValue
Headwordsorprendía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[soɾpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ia]
Letters10
Frequency rank#46,822
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sorprendía”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.sorprendíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “sorprendan” (#46,821), “soez” (#46,818), “sobreviví” (#46,817). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sorprendía” va en #46,822. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around sorprendía (IPA [soɾpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ia]), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,822 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorprendía, with forms such as "osrprendía", "soprrendía", and "sorperndía". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "sorprendo", "sorprendió", "sorprendido", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sorprendía, spelled S-O-R-P-R-E-N-D-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sorprender o de sorprenderse.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sorprender o de sorprenderse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osrprendía
  • soprrendía
  • sorperndía
  • sorpprendía
  • sorprednía
  • sorprendaí
  • sorprenddía
  • sorprenndía
  • sorprenída
  • sorprnedía
  • sorprrendía
  • sorrpendía
  • sorrprendía
  • sroprendía
  • ssorprendía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sorprendía - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

osrprendía2soprrendía2sorperndía2sorpprendía1sorprednía2sorprendaí2sorprenddía1sorprenndía1
Edit distance from "sorprendía"

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 "sorprendía"?
"sorprendía" is spelled S-O-R-P-R-E-N-D-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [soɾpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ia].
What does "sorprendía" mean?
As a verb, "sorprendía" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sorprender o de sorprenderse.
What words are commonly confused with "sorprendía"?
"sorprendía" is commonly confused with "sorprendo", "sorprendió", "sorprendido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sorprendía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sorprendía" is [soɾpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sorprendía" come from?
"sorprendía" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sorprendan#46,821simulacros#46,813teológicos#46,840terminarse#46,841

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

sobreviví15 variantsrapidísimo15 variantsprometimos15 variantsproliferan15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list