sustancia

/[susˈt̪ãnsja]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,597

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

sustancia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Materia que compone una cosa, en oposición a su forma. Pronounced [susˈt̪ãnsja]. It ranks #6,597 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sustancias and sustancial.

Key facts for sustancia
PropertyValue
Headwordsustancia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[susˈt̪ãnsja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,597
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sustancia is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [susˈt̪ãnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,597 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for sustancia, with forms such as "ssustancia", "ssutancia", and "susatncia". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sustancias", "sustancial", "substancia", 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 sustancia, spelled S-U-S-T-A-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Materia que compone una cosa, en oposición a su forma.
  2. 2
    Materia de composición química definida.
  3. 3
    El tema del pensamiento, del discurso, del estudio, etc.
  4. 4
    Carácter o calidad de substancial o sólidez.
  5. 5
    Consistencia, cuerpo:.
  6. 6
    Lo mas importante, esencial de algo.
  7. 7
    Algo que existe por sí mismo y que soporta accidentes y atributos.
  8. 8
    Golosina rectangular que tiene de ingredientes claras de huevo batidas, azúcar y gelatina.
  9. 9
    Consomé.
  10. 10
    Alimento de leche, huevo y azúcar.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ssustancia,ssutancia,susatncia,susstancia,sustacnia,sustancai,sustanccia,sustanica,sustanncia,sustansia,sustnacia,susttancia,sutsancia,usstancia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sustancia

Misspelling Variants of "sustancia"

ssustancia10ssutancia9susatncia9susstancia10sustacnia9sustancai9sustanccia10sustanica9
Misspelling Variants of "sustancia"

Frequency rank: #6,597 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sustancia"?
"sustancia" is spelled S-U-S-T-A-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [susˈt̪ãnsja].
What does "sustancia" mean?
As a noun, "sustancia" means: Materia que compone una cosa, en oposición a su forma.
What words are commonly confused with "sustancia"?
"sustancia" is commonly confused with "sustancias", "sustancial", "substancia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sustancia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sustancia" is [susˈt̪ãnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sustancia" come from?
"sustancia" 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.