sembró

[sẽmˈbɾo]

/[sẽmˈbɾo]/ verb

The verdict

“sembró” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #34,777 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.

#34,777
frequency rank, Spanish
6
letters
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sembrar.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sembró vs sombra
67% similar
sembró vs Severo
33% similar
sembró vs serbio
50% similar

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

Key facts for sembró
PropertyValue
Headwordsembró
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sẽmˈbɾo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,777
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sembró” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sembró lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sembró is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sẽmˈbɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,777 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sembrar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sembró, with forms such as "cembró", "esmbró", and "sebmró". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "sombra", "Severo", "serbio", and more, 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 sembró, spelled S-E-M-B-R-Ó, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sembrar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cembró,esmbró,sebmró,sembbró,sembrró,sembór,semmbró,semrbó,semvró,smebró,ssembró

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sembró - 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 "sembró"

cembró1esmbró2sebmró2sembbró1sembrró1sembór2semmbró1semrbó2
Edit distance from "sembró"

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sembró"?
"sembró" is spelled S-E-M-B-R-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽmˈbɾo].
What does "sembró" mean?
As a verb, "sembró" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sembrar.
What words are commonly confused with "sembró"?
"sembró" is commonly confused with "sombra", "Severo", "serbio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sembró"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sembró" is [sẽmˈbɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sembró" come from?
"sembró" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “sembró”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-M-B-R-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [sẽmˈbɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “sombra” - see the side-by-side comparison. sembró vs sombra
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list