sombrío

[sõmˈbɾio]

/[sõmˈbɾio]/ adj

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The verdict

“sombrío” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,254
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de un lugar con poca luz en el que frecuentemente hay sombra.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sombrio · sombrío · Spanish

sombrío · rank #19,254 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,254
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH soft

Nearest frequency peer: soft (-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 “sombrío”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sombrío” 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).

sombrío vs sonrío
71% similar
sombrío vs sumario
57% similar
sombrío vs sometió
43% similar

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

Key facts for sombrío
PropertyValue
Headwordsombrío
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[sõmˈbɾio]
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,254
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sombrío”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.sombríocae 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 “soft” (#19,253), “soportes” (#19,255), “Sidney” (#19,252). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sombrío” va en #19,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sombrío (IPA [sõmˈbɾio]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,254 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sombrío, with forms such as "osmbrío", "smobrío", and "sobmrío". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "sonrío", "sumario", "sometió", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sombrío, spelled S-O-M-B-R-Í-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de un lugar con poca luz en el que frecuentemente hay sombra.
  2. 2
    Dicho de la parte donde se ponen las sombras en la pintura.
  3. 3
    Tétrico, melancólico.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osmbrío
  • smobrío
  • sobmrío
  • sombbrío
  • sombroí
  • sombrrío
  • sombíro
  • sommbrío
  • somrbío
  • somvrío
  • ssombrío

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sombrío - 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.

osmbrío2smobrío2sobmrío2sombbrío1sombroí2sombrrío1sombíro2sommbrío1
Edit distance from "sombrío"

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 "sombrío"?
"sombrío" is spelled S-O-M-B-R-Í-O. The IPA pronunciation is [sõmˈbɾio].
What does "sombrío" mean?
As an adjective, "sombrío" means: Dicho de un lugar con poca luz en el que frecuentemente hay sombra.
What words are commonly confused with "sombrío"?
"sombrío" is commonly confused with "sonrío", "sumario", "sometió". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sombrío"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sombrío" is [sõmˈbɾio]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sombrío" come from?
"sombrío" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

supimos#19,260sacudió#19,244talones#19,264Tampico#19,265

Similar misspelling depth

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

vanidad11 variantsproponía11 variantsproceda11 variantsposguerra11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list