Sumeria

[suˈmeɾja]

/[suˈmeɾja]/ name

The verdict

“Sumeria” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,518 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,518
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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).

Corpus desk

Index ES-sumeria · Sumeria · Spanish

Sumeria · rank #80,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,518
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sumaran

Nearest frequency peer: Sumaran (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Sumeria”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Sumeria” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sumeria
PropertyValue
HeadwordSumeria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[suˈmeɾja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,518
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “Sumeria” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).Sumeriacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Sumaran” (#80,517), “superaremos” (#80,519), “sugieran” (#80,516). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “Sumeria” va en #80,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sumeria is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,518 among 4,169 “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

  1. 1
    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).

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 "Sumeria"?
"Sumeria" is spelled S-U-M-E-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [suˈmeɾja].
What does "Sumeria" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sumeria" means: 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).
How do you pronounce "Sumeria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sumeria" is [suˈmeɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sumeria" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list