subir
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#1,703
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
subir is aSpanishverb. It means: Pasar de un sitio o lugar a otro superior o elevado. Pronounced [suˈβ̞iɾ]. It ranks #1,703 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sur and subo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [suˈβ̞iɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for subir is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [suˈβ̞iɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,703 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for subir, with forms such as "sbuir", "ssubir", and "subbir". 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, "sur", "subo", "Suis", 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 subir, spelled S-U-B-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Pasar de un sitio o lugar a otro superior o elevado.
- 2Ir hacia arriba.
- 3Cabalgar, montar a un animal o una cosa.
- 4Crecer en altura algo, aumentar en nivel.
- 5Ponerse el gusano en las ramas o matas para hilar el capullo.
- 6Importar₁ una cuenta.
- 7Ascender en dignidad o empleo o crecer en caudal o hacienda.
- 8Agravarse o difundirse ciertas enfermedades.
- 9Elevar la voz o el sonido de un instrumento desde un tono más grave a uno más agudo.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sbuir,ssubir,subbir,subirr,subri,suibr,suvir,usbir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for subir
Misspelling Variants of "subir"
Frequency rank: #1,703 in Spanish
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