sura

[ˈsuɾa]

/[ˈsuɾa]/ noun

The verdict

“sura” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #44,474) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#44,474
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada uno de los 114 capítulos en que se divide el Corán, a su vez divididos en ayas o versículos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sura · sura · Spanish

sura · rank #44,474 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,474
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH supusieron

Nearest frequency peer: supusieron (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “sura”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “sura” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

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).

sura vs sus
50% similar
sura vs SUV
0% similar
sura vs suyo
50% similar

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

Key facts for sura
PropertyValue
Headwordsura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsuɾa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#44,474
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “sura”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).suracae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “supusieron” (#44,473), “suscrita” (#44,476), “sustituirá” (#44,477). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sura” va en #44,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for sura is neighbouring look-alikes ("sus", "SUV", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈsuɾa]. Frequency #44,474 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Gloss: "Cada uno de los 114 capítulos en que se divide el Corán, a su vez divididos en ayas o versículos.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for sura, with forms such as "srua", "ssura", and "surra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sus", "SUV", "suyo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sura, spelled S-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada uno de los 114 capítulos en que se divide el Corán, a su vez divididos en ayas o versículos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srua
  • ssura
  • surra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sura - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

srua2ssura1surra1
Edit distance from "sura"

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 "sura"?
"sura" is spelled S-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsuɾa].
What does "sura" mean?
As a noun, "sura" means: Cada uno de los 114 capítulos en que se divide el Corán, a su vez divididos en ayas o versículos.
What words are commonly confused with "sura"?
"sura" is commonly confused with "sus", "SUV", "suyo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sura" is [ˈsuɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sura" come from?
"sura" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list