suerte
[ˈsweɾt̪e]
The verdict
“suerte” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #475 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #475
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Causa supuesta de una consecución de sucesos no previsibles.
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 | suerte |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsweɾt̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “suerte” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for suerte is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsweɾt̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #475 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for suerte, with forms such as "seurte", "ssuerte", and "sueret". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sure", "sufre", "surge", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is suerte, spelled S-U-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Causa supuesta de una consecución de sucesos no previsibles.
- 2Circunstancia de ser, por mera casualidad, favorable o adverso a personas o cosas lo que ocurre o sucede.
- 3Sistema de elección basado en la imprevisibilidad del resultado a priori.
- 4Sucesión de casualidades que dan lugar a una situación propicia.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: seurte,ssuerte,sueret,suerrte,suertte,suetre,surete,userte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suerte - 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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Using “suerte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-E-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsweɾt̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sure” - see the side-by-side comparison. suerte vs sure
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.