sospecha

/[sosˈpet͡ʃa]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,122

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

sospecha is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjetura que se forma acerca de la probabilidad de una cosa. Pronounced [sosˈpet͡ʃa]. It ranks #6,122 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sospecho and sospechas.

Key facts for sospecha
PropertyValue
Headwordsospecha
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sosˈpet͡ʃa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,122
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sospecha in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sospecha is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sosˈpet͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,122 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for sospecha, with forms such as "osspecha", "sopsecha", and "sosepcha". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sospecho", "sospechas", "sospechar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is sospecha, spelled S-O-S-P-E-C-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjetura que se forma acerca de la probabilidad de una cosa.
  2. 2
    Desconfianza, recelo.
  3. 3
    Duda, suspicacia.
  4. 4
    Mesón.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osspecha,sopsecha,sosepcha,sospceha,sospecah,sospeccha,sospechha,sospehca,sosppecha,sosspecha,ssopecha,ssospecha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sospecha

Misspelling Variants of "sospecha"

osspecha8sopsecha8sosepcha8sospceha8sospecah8sospeccha9sospechha9sospehca8
Misspelling Variants of "sospecha"

Frequency rank: #6,122 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sospecha"?
"sospecha" is spelled S-O-S-P-E-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [sosˈpet͡ʃa].
What does "sospecha" mean?
As a noun, "sospecha" means: Conjetura que se forma acerca de la probabilidad de una cosa.
What words are commonly confused with "sospecha"?
"sospecha" is commonly confused with "sospecho", "sospechas", "sospechar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sospecha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sospecha" is [sosˈpet͡ʃa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sospecha" come from?
"sospecha" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.