sorgo

/[ˈsoɾɣ̞o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,158

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sorgo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Sorghum spp.) Cualquiera de una veintena de especies de plantas herbáceas, anuales a perennes, de la familia de las poáceas, de raíz extensa y ramificada que lo hace resistente a la sequía, tallo ... Pronounced [ˈsoɾɣ̞o]. Often confused with soto and soso.

Key facts for sorgo
PropertyValue
Headwordsorgo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsoɾɣ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#42,158
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sorgo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sorgo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsoɾɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,158 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for sorgo, with forms such as "osrgo", "sogro", and "sorggo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "soto", "soso", "surge", 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 sorgo, spelled S-O-R-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Sorghum spp.) Cualquiera de una veintena de especies de plantas herbáceas, anuales a perennes, de la familia de las poáceas, de raíz extensa y ramificada que lo hace resistente a la sequía, tallo cilíndrico de hasta 4 m de altura rematado por una inflorescencia en panoja, y fruto en cariópside. S. bicolor se cultiva por su grano desde la Antigüedad, y otras especies se emplean para forraje
  2. 2
    Grano del sorgo₁, en especial el del sorgo común, usado como alimento para elaborar harina o bebidas fermentadas

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osrgo,sogro,sorggo,sorog,sorrgo,srogo,ssorgo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sorgo

Misspelling Variants of "sorgo"

osrgo5sogro5sorggo6sorog5sorrgo6srogo5ssorgo6
Misspelling Variants of "sorgo"

Frequency rank: #42,158 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sorgo"?
"sorgo" is spelled S-O-R-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsoɾɣ̞o].
What does "sorgo" mean?
As a noun, "sorgo" means: (Sorghum spp.) Cualquiera de una veintena de especies de plantas herbáceas, anuales a perennes, de la familia de las poáceas, de raíz extensa y ramificada que lo hace resistente a la sequía, tallo ...
What words are commonly confused with "sorgo"?
"sorgo" is commonly confused with "soto", "soso", "surge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sorgo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sorgo" is [ˈsoɾɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sorgo" come from?
"sorgo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.