sustrato
[susˈt̪ɾat̪o]
The verdict
“sustrato” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #23,612 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,612
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nivel, capa o estrato que se encuentra debajo de otro.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sustrato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [susˈt̪ɾat̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sustrato” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sustrato is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [susˈt̪ɾat̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,612 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sustrato, with forms such as "ssustrato", "ssutrato", and "susrtato". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sustento", "suscrito", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sustrato, spelled S-U-S-T-R-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Nivel, capa o estrato que se encuentra debajo de otro.
- 2Capa de suelo que subyace a otra.
- 3Lengua origen de otra, la influencia que una lengua muerta tiene en otra que le sucede.
- 4Aspecto interno de algo que se muestra en la superficie.
- 5Sustancia que se aplica para para adherir la capa fotosensible y la superficie que da soporte a la fotografía.
- 6La superficie en la que plantas o algas u algunos animales viven y crecen.
- 7Aquello sobre lo que actúa una enzima.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ssustrato,ssutrato,susrtato,susstrato,sustarto,sustraot,sustratto,sustrrato,sustrtao,susttrato,sutsrato,usstrato
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sustrato - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “sustrato”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-S-T-R-A-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [susˈt̪ɾat̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sustento” - see the side-by-side comparison. sustrato vs sustento
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.