zozobra
The verdict
“zozobra” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #48,154 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,154
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Acción o efecto de zozobrar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zozobra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [soˈsoβ̞ɾa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zozobra” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for zozobra is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [soˈsoβ̞ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,154 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for zozobra, with forms such as "ozzobra", "zoozbra", and "zozbora". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 zozobra, spelled Z-O-Z-O-B-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de zozobrar.
- 2Inquietud, aflicción y congoja del ánimo, que no deja sosegar, o por el riesgo que amenaza, o por el mal que ya se padece.
- 3Cierto lance del juego de dados.
- 4Oposición y contraste de los vientos, que impiden la navegación y ponen al barco en riesgo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ozzobra,zoozbra,zozbora,zozobar,zozobbra,zozobrra,zozorba,zozovra,zozzobra,zzoobra,zzozobra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zozobra — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "zozobra"
Frequency rank: #48,154 in Spanish
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Using “zozobra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-O-Z-O-B-R-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [soˈsoβ̞ɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
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