suerte

/[ˈsweɾt̪e]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#475

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

suerte is aSpanishnoun. It means: Causa supuesta de una consecución de sucesos no previsibles. Pronounced [ˈsweɾt̪e]. It ranks #475 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sure and sufre.

Key facts for suerte
PropertyValue
Headwordsuerte
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsweɾt̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#475
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for suerte is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for suerte, with forms such as "seurte", "ssuerte", and "sueret". 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, "sure", "sufre", "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 suerte, spelled S-U-E-R-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Causa supuesta de una consecución de sucesos no previsibles.
  2. 2
    Circunstancia de ser, por mera casualidad, favorable o adverso a personas o cosas lo que ocurre o sucede.
  3. 3
    Sistema de elección basado en la imprevisibilidad del resultado a priori.
  4. 4
    Sucesión de casualidades que dan lugar a una situación propicia.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: seurte,ssuerte,sueret,suerrte,suertte,suetre,surete,userte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for suerte

Misspelling Variants of "suerte"

seurte6ssuerte7sueret6suerrte7suertte7suetre6surete6userte6
Misspelling Variants of "suerte"

Frequency rank: #475 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suerte"?
"suerte" is spelled S-U-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsweɾt̪e].
What does "suerte" mean?
As a noun, "suerte" means: Causa supuesta de una consecución de sucesos no previsibles.
What words are commonly confused with "suerte"?
"suerte" is commonly confused with "sure", "sufre", "surge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suerte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suerte" is [ˈsweɾt̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suerte" come from?
"suerte" 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.