sufrir

/[suˈfɾiɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,019

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sufrir is aSpanishverb. It means: Sentir un malestar, un dolor, una pena, cualquier otra sensación o situación indeseada. Pronounced [suˈfɾiɾ]. It ranks #3,019 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sufro and surgir.

Key facts for sufrir
PropertyValue
Headwordsufrir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[suˈfɾiɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,019
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sufrir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [suˈfɾiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,019 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for sufrir, with forms such as "sfurir", "ssufrir", and "suffrir". 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, "sufro", "surgir", "suplir", 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 sufrir, spelled S-U-F-R-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentir un malestar, un dolor, una pena, cualquier otra sensación o situación indeseada.
  2. 2
    Soportar un daño físico o moral.
  3. 3
    Resistir un daño físico o moral con resignación.
  4. 4
    Pasar o someterse a una prueba.
  5. 5
    Resistir algún peso.
  6. 6
    Permitir.
  7. 7
    Recibir el golpe por la parte opuesta de la tabla en que se clava.
  8. 8
    Sostener.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sfurir,ssufrir,suffrir,sufirr,sufrirr,sufrri,sufrrir,surfir,usfrir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sufrir

Misspelling Variants of "sufrir"

sfurir6ssufrir7suffrir7sufirr6sufrirr7sufrri6sufrrir7surfir6
Misspelling Variants of "sufrir"

Frequency rank: #3,019 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sufrir"?
"sufrir" is spelled S-U-F-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [suˈfɾiɾ].
What does "sufrir" mean?
As a verb, "sufrir" means: Sentir un malestar, un dolor, una pena, cualquier otra sensación o situación indeseada.
What words are commonly confused with "sufrir"?
"sufrir" is commonly confused with "sufro", "surgir", "suplir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sufrir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sufrir" is [suˈfɾiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sufrir" come from?
"sufrir" 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.