sumir

/[suˈmiɾ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#92,489

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sumir is aSpanishverb. It means: Hundir o meter debajo de la tierra o del agua. Pronounced [suˈmiɾ].

Key facts for sumir
PropertyValue
Headwordsumir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[suˈmiɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,489
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sumir is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [suˈmiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,489 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for sumir in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 sumir, spelled S-U-M-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hundir o meter debajo de la tierra o del agua.
  2. 2
    Sumergir; hundir en un abismo.
  3. 3
    Recibir un comulgante, o tomar el sacerdote, durante la misa, la porción del pan y del vino consagrados.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #92,489 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sumir"?
"sumir" is spelled S-U-M-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [suˈmiɾ].
What does "sumir" mean?
As a verb, "sumir" means: Hundir o meter debajo de la tierra o del agua.
How do you pronounce "sumir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sumir" is [suˈmiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sumir" come from?
"sumir" 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.