sinos
/ˈsinuʃ/
The verdict
“sinos” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,548 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,548
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - naipe dos jogos de baralho alemão
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sinos |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsinuʃ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sinos” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sinos is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsinuʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,548 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "naipe dos jogos de baralho alemão".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sinos, with forms such as "isnos", "sinnos", and "sinoss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "sós", "sono", "sons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is sinos, spelled S-I-N-O-S.
Definition
- 1naipe dos jogos de baralho alemão
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: isnos,sinnos,sinoss,sinso,sions,snios,ssinos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sinos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sinos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-I-N-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsinuʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sós” - see the side-by-side comparison. sinos vs sós
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.