sumerio
[suˈmeɾjo]
The verdict
“sumerio” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #98,997 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #98,997
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Originario, relativo a, o propio de la región histórica de Sumeria, en el sur del actual Iraq.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sumerio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [suˈmeɾjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sumerio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sumerio is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [suˈmeɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #98,997 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.
sumerio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 sumerio, spelled S-U-M-E-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Originario, relativo a, o propio de la región histórica de Sumeria, en el sur del actual Iraq.
- 2En particular, propio de o relativo a la antigua civilización de origen samarro que formó el primer imperio conocido en la Mesopotamia, y que introdujo numerosas invenciones de enorme importancia, entre ellas la rueda, la escritura, la agricultura intensiva y la domesticación de ganado.
This word in other languages
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 “sumerio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-M-E-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [suˈmeɾjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.