sobrio
[ˈsoβ̞ɾjo]
The verdict
“sobrio” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,517
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no está bajo los efectos del alcohol.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sobrio · sobrio · Spanish
sobrio · rank #20,517 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,517
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH socialización
Nearest frequency peer: socialización (+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 “sobrio”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- selecciona
selecciona
79,489 corpus weight
- self
self
79,488 corpus weight
- sobrio
sobrio
79,484 corpus weight
- socializaci…
socialización
79,483 corpus weight
- socioeconóm…
socioeconómico
79,482 corpus weight
- sorprenden
sorprenden
79,481 corpus weight
What this shows “sobrio” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | sobrio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsoβ̞ɾjo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sobrio”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sobrio (IPA [ˈsoβ̞ɾjo]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,517 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sobrio, with forms such as "osbrio", "sborio", and "sobbrio". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "socio", "subió", "Soria", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sobrio, spelled S-O-B-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Que no está bajo los efectos del alcohol.
- 2Que guarda moderación o equilibrio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sobrio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A los asuntos tomados de la mitología pagana y la historia grecolatina, sucedieron los inspirados en la historia medieval española, y al estilo sobrio y frío del teatro de imitación francesa de la centuria anterior, el ímpetu, la arrogancia y la exageración propia de los románticos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osbrio
- sborio
- sobbrio
- sobiro
- sobroi
- sobrrio
- sorbio
- sovrio
- ssobrio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sobrio - 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.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).