sobre
/ˈso.bɾɨ/
The verdict
“sobre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #53. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #53
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - emprega-se para designar que o vento sopra por ante-avante do pano
Corpus desk
Index PT-sobre · sobre · Portuguese
sobre · rank #53 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #53
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH bem
Nearest frequency peer: bem (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sobre”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- só
só
99,951 corpus weight
- dia
dia
99,950 corpus weight
- sobre
sobre
99,948 corpus weight
- bem
bem
99,947 corpus weight
- até
até
99,946 corpus weight
- mesmo
mesmo
99,945 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sobre” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | sobre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈso.bɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “sobre” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around sobre (IPA /ˈso.bɾɨ/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #53 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "emprega-se para designar que o vento sopra por ante-avante do pano".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sobre, with forms such as "osbre", "sbore", and "sobbre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sure", "sopé", "soir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is sobre, spelled S-O-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1emprega-se para designar que o vento sopra por ante-avante do pano
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osbre
- sbore
- sobbre
- sober
- sobrre
- sorbe
- ssobre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sobre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sobre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "sobre". Here's where to go from here.
- "sobre" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Sure". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #53 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.