suma

[ˈsuma]

/[ˈsuma]/ noun

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The verdict

“suma” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,135
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cantidad equivalente a dos o más homogéneas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-suma · suma · Spanish

suma · rank #2,135 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,135
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH situaciones

Nearest frequency peer: situaciones (-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 “suma”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “suma” 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).

suma vs sus
50% similar
suma vs sur
50% similar
suma vs sun
50% similar

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

Key facts for suma
PropertyValue
Headwordsuma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsuma]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,135
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “suma”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.sumacae 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 “situaciones” (#2,134), “tasa” (#2,136), “seres” (#2,133). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “suma” va en #2,135. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around suma (IPA [ˈsuma]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,135 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for suma, with forms such as "smua", "ssuma", and "suam". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sus", "sur", "sun", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is suma, spelled S-U-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cantidad equivalente a dos o más homogéneas.
  2. 2
    Acción de sumar.
  3. 3
    Agregado de muchas cosas y más comúnmente de dinero.
  4. 4
    Lo más sustancial e importante de una cosa.

Antonyms

resta

This word in other languages

sum(English)somme(Français)Summe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smua
  • ssuma
  • suam
  • summa
  • usma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

smua2ssuma1suam2summa1usma2
Edit distance from "suma"

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 "suma"?
"suma" is spelled S-U-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsuma].
What does "suma" mean?
As a noun, "suma" means: Cantidad equivalente a dos o más homogéneas.
What words are commonly confused with "suma"?
"suma" is commonly confused with "sus", "sur", "sun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suma" is [ˈsuma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suma" come from?
"suma" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tasa#2,136cero#2,152dale#2,159daba#2,109

Similar misspelling depth

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

dueño5 variantscola5 variantsabre5 variantsusan5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list