sortija
[soɾˈt̪ixa]
The verdict
“sortija” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #65,733 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,733
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aro pequeño que se ajusta a los dedos, especialmente el que tiene alguna piedra preciosa u otro adorno.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sortija |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [soɾˈt̪ixa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sortija” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sortija is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [soɾˈt̪ixa]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,733 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sortija, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sortija, spelled S-O-R-T-I-J-A.
Definition
- 1Aro pequeño que se ajusta a los dedos, especialmente el que tiene alguna piedra preciosa u otro adorno.
- 2Anilla.
- 3Rizo del cabello, en figura de anillo.
- 4Cada uno de los aros que en los carros refuerzan los cubos de las ruedas.
- 5Juego de correr sortija.
- 6Juego de muchachos en donde el objetivo es adivinar a quién se le ha dado una sortija, la cual la lleva escondida entre las manos uno de los jugadores, quien hace ademán de dejarla a cada uno de los que juegan.
- 7En una calesita, anillo que los niños deben intentar quitar de las manos a cierta persona que está afuera, y quien logra arrebatarlo consigue una vuelta extra.
This word in other languages
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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Using “sortija”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-R-T-I-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [soɾˈt̪ixa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.