ombro

//ɔm.ˈbrɔ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,562

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

ombro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: sombra Pronounced /ɔm.ˈbrɔ/. It ranks #5,562 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with oro and omo.

Key facts for ombro
PropertyValue
Headwordombro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɔm.ˈbrɔ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,562
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ombro in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ombro is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔm.ˈbrɔ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,562 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sombra".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ombro, with forms such as "mobro", "obmro", and "ombbro". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "oro", "omo", "ouro", 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 Portuguese form is ombro, spelled O-M-B-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sombra

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mobro,obmro,ombbro,ombor,ombrro,ommbro,omrbo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ombro

Misspelling Variants of "ombro"

mobro5obmro5ombbro6ombor5ombrro6ommbro6omrbo5
Misspelling Variants of "ombro"

Frequency rank: #5,562 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ombro"?
"ombro" is spelled O-M-B-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɔm.ˈbrɔ/.
What does "ombro" mean?
As a noun, "ombro" means: sombra
What words are commonly confused with "ombro"?
"ombro" is commonly confused with "oro", "omo", "ouro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ombro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ombro" is /ɔm.ˈbrɔ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ombro" come from?
"ombro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter O in our Portuguese index:

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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.