soberbo

Name: soberbo, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“soberbo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #35,350. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,350
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,185
“S” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - com um orgulho excessivo, por demais orgulhoso

Corpus desk

Index PT-soberbo · soberbo · Portuguese

soberbo · rank #35,350 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,350
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 1,185
PHOTO-FINISH sorveteria

Nearest frequency peer: sorveteria (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

sexismo

64,657
shade

64,656
soberbo

64,651
sorveteria

64,649
Stéphane

64,646
sucursal

64,641

What this shows “soberbo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

soberbo vs sóbrio

57% similar

soberbo vs soberba

86% similar

soberbo vs soberano

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for soberbo
Property	Value
Headword	soberbo
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#35,350
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “soberbo”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.soberbocai aqui:

#35,350

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sorveteria” (#35,352), “shade” (#35,345), “Stéphane” (#35,355). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “soberbo” fica em #35,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around soberbo, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,350 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for soberbo, with forms such as "osberbo", "sboerbo", and "sobberbo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sóbrio", "soberba", "soberano", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is soberbo, spelled S-O-B-E-R-B-O.

Definition

1
com um orgulho excessivo, por demais orgulhoso
2
com um comportamento caracterizado por presunção, ou seja, uma atitude de superioridade, e, portanto, com imposição, com arrogância ou “com ofensa” e/ou “com desdém” (i.e., desprezo, menosprezo ou “pouco caso”, escárnio, depreciação)
3
que é mais alto ou está mais elevado que outro:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how soberbo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

No exílio a que foi condenado por Rojas, ele escreveu um soberbo estudo da política argentina - Civilização e Barbárie - a partir da história do caudilho riojano Facundo Quiroga.

Synonyms

imperioso

This word in other languages

lofty(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

osberbo
sboerbo
sobberbo
sobebro
soberbbo
soberob
soberrbo
sobrebo
soebrbo
ssoberbo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soberbo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "soberbo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soberbo"?

"soberbo" is spelled S-O-B-E-R-B-O.

What does "soberbo" mean?

As an adjective, "soberbo" means: com um orgulho excessivo, por demais orgulhoso

What words are commonly confused with "soberbo"?

"soberbo" is commonly confused with "sóbrio", "soberba", "soberano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "soberbo" come from?

"soberbo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "soberbo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sexismo#35,344 pêndulo#35,303 medroso#35,236 comenda#35,499

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

arrombar10 variants frenesi10 variants cremoso10 variants certain10 variants