Sumeria
[suˈmeɾja]
The verdict
“Sumeria” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,518 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,518
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La civilización más antigua conocida del Oriente Próximo, que se ubicaba en la parte sur de la región histórica Mesopotamia (actualmente centro y sur de Irak).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sumeria |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [suˈmeɾja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sumeria” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sumeria is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,518 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [suˈmeɾja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "La civilización más antigua conocida del Oriente Próximo, que se ubicaba en la parte sur de la región histórica Mesopotamia (actualmente centro y sur de Irak).".
Sumeria doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Sumeria, spelled S-U-M-E-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1La civilización más antigua conocida del Oriente Próximo, que se ubicaba en la parte sur de la región histórica Mesopotamia (actualmente centro y sur de Irak).
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 “Sumeria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-M-E-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [suˈmeɾja] (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.