sobrevivió

[soβ̞ɾeβ̞iˈβ̞jo]

/[soβ̞ɾeβ̞iˈβ̞jo]/ verb

The verdict

“sobrevivió” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,864 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.

#11,864
frequency rank, Spanish
10
letters
16
tracked misspellings
8
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 sobrevivir.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

sobrevivió vs sobrevivir
90% similar
sobrevivió vs sobrevivirá
82% similar
sobrevivió vs sobrevive
80% similar

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

Key facts for sobrevivió
PropertyValue
Headwordsobrevivió
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[soβ̞ɾeβ̞iˈβ̞jo]
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,864
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sobrevivió” 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). sobrevivió 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 sobrevivió is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [soβ̞ɾeβ̞iˈβ̞jo]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,864 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 sobrevivir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for sobrevivió, with forms such as "osbrevivió", "sborevivió", and "sobbrevivió". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "sobrevivir", "sobrevivirá", "sobrevive", 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 sobrevivió, spelled S-O-B-R-E-V-I-V-I-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 sobrevivir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osbrevivió,sborevivió,sobbrevivió,sobervivió,sobrebibió,sobreivvió,sobreviivó,sobrevivvió,sobrevivói,sobrevviió,sobrevvivió,sobrrevivió,sobrveivió,sorbevivió,sovrevivió,ssobrevivió

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sobrevivió - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osbrevivió2sborevivió2sobbrevivió1sobervivió2sobrebibió2sobreivvió2sobreviivó2sobrevivvió1
Edit distance from "sobrevivió"

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

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-B-R-E-V-I-V-I-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [soβ̞ɾeβ̞iˈβ̞jo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “sobrevivir” - see the side-by-side comparison. sobrevivió vs sobrevivir
  • 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