sobremaneira

/so.bɾe.ma.ˈnej.ɾa/

//so.bɾe.ma.ˈnej.ɾa// adv

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The verdict

“sobremaneira” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #58,795 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.

#58,795
frequency rank, Portuguese
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Com grande intensidade, em alto grau.

Key facts for sobremaneira
PropertyValue
Headwordsobremaneira
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
IPA/so.bɾe.ma.ˈnej.ɾa/
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,795
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sobremaneira” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sobremaneira lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sobremaneira is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /so.bɾe.ma.ˈnej.ɾa/. Corpus data places it at rank #58,795 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Com grande intensidade, em alto grau.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sobremaneira, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented 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 sobremaneira, spelled S-O-B-R-E-M-A-N-E-I-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Com grande intensidade, em alto grau.

Synonyms

muitosobremodo

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 "sobremaneira"?
"sobremaneira" is spelled S-O-B-R-E-M-A-N-E-I-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /so.bɾe.ma.ˈnej.ɾa/.
What does "sobremaneira" mean?
As an adverb, "sobremaneira" means: Com grande intensidade, em alto grau.
How do you pronounce "sobremaneira"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sobremaneira" is /so.bɾe.ma.ˈnej.ɾa/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sobremaneira" come from?
"sobremaneira" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “sobremaneira”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-O-B-R-E-M-A-N-E-I-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /so.bɾe.ma.ˈnej.ɾa/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list