sobrino

[soˈβ̞ɾino]

/[soˈβ̞ɾino]/ noun

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The verdict

“sobrino” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,010. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,010
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hijo de un hermano o hermana.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sobrino · sobrino · Spanish

sobrino · rank #6,010 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,010
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH salía

Nearest frequency peer: salía (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “sobrino”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “sobrino” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

sobrino vs sobrio
86% similar
sobrino vs sonrío
57% similar
sobrino vs sombrío
57% similar

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

Key facts for sobrino
PropertyValue
Headwordsobrino
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[soˈβ̞ɾino]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,010
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sobrino”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sobrinocae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “salía” (#6,009), “sorprendido” (#6,011), “saldrá” (#6,008). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sobrino” va en #6,010. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sobrino (IPA [soˈβ̞ɾino]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,010 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hijo de un hermano o hermana.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sobrino, with forms such as "osbrino", "sborino", and "sobbrino". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "sobrio", "sonrío", "sombrío", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is sobrino, spelled S-O-B-R-I-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hijo de un hermano o hermana.

This word in other languages

nephew(English)neveu(Français)Neffe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osbrino
  • sborino
  • sobbrino
  • sobirno
  • sobrinno
  • sobrion
  • sobrnio
  • sobrrino
  • sorbino
  • sovrino
  • ssobrino

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sobrino - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

osbrino2sborino2sobbrino1sobirno2sobrinno1sobrion2sobrnio2sobrrino1
Edit distance from "sobrino"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sobrino"?
"sobrino" is spelled S-O-B-R-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [soˈβ̞ɾino].
What does "sobrino" mean?
As a noun, "sobrino" means: Hijo de un hermano o hermana.
What words are commonly confused with "sobrino"?
"sobrino" is commonly confused with "sobrio", "sonrío", "sombrío". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sobrino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sobrino" is [soˈβ̞ɾino]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sobrino" come from?
"sobrino" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sobrino", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rebelde#6,004tienden#6,018tomamos#6,020pagando#5,997

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

supuesta11 variantsrealista11 variantsvínculo11 variantsmarchas11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list