sumo

/[ˈsumo]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,630

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sumo is anSpanishadj. It means: Superlativo irregular de alto: sumamente alto. Pronounced [ˈsumo]. It ranks #7,630 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sus and sur.

Key facts for sumo
PropertyValue
Headwordsumo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈsumo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,630
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sumo is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsumo]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,630 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for sumo, with forms such as "smuo", "ssumo", and "summo". 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, "sus", "sur", "sun", 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 sumo, spelled S-U-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Superlativo irregular de alto: sumamente alto.
  2. 2
    Más extremado o elevado en su género.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: smuo,ssumo,summo,suom,usmo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sumo

Misspelling Variants of "sumo"

smuo4ssumo5summo5suom4usmo4
Misspelling Variants of "sumo"

Frequency rank: #7,630 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sumo"?
"sumo" is spelled S-U-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsumo].
What does "sumo" mean?
As an adj, "sumo" means: Superlativo irregular de alto: sumamente alto.
What words are commonly confused with "sumo"?
"sumo" is commonly confused with "sus", "sur", "sun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sumo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sumo" is [ˈsumo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sumo" come from?
"sumo" 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.