sufra

/[ˈsufɾa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,462

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sufra is aSpanishnoun. It means: Prestación personal. Pronounced [ˈsufɾa]. Often confused with sur and suma.

Key facts for sufra
PropertyValue
Headwordsufra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsufɾa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,462
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sufra is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsufɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,462 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prestación personal.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for sufra, with forms such as "sfura", "ssufra", and "sufar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sur", "suma", "suya", 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 sufra, spelled S-U-F-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prestación personal.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sfura,ssufra,sufar,suffra,sufrra,surfa,usfra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sufra

Misspelling Variants of "sufra"

sfura5ssufra6sufar5suffra6sufrra6surfa5usfra5
Misspelling Variants of "sufra"

Frequency rank: #16,462 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sufra"?
"sufra" is spelled S-U-F-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsufɾa].
What does "sufra" mean?
As a noun, "sufra" means: Prestación personal.
What words are commonly confused with "sufra"?
"sufra" is commonly confused with "sur", "suma", "suya". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sufra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sufra" is [ˈsufɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sufra" come from?
"sufra" 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.