sobremaneira

/so.bɾe.ma.ˈnej.ɾa/

//so.bɾe.ma.ˈnej.ɾa// adv

The verdict

“sobremaneira” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,795 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,795
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Com grande intensidade, em alto grau.

Corpus desk

Index PT-sobremaneira · sobremaneira · Portuguese

sobremaneira · rank #58,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,795
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH simulacro

Nearest frequency peer: simulacro (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “sobremaneira”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sobremaneira” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Cauda longa: rank de “sobremaneira” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sobremaneiracai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “simulacro” (#58,794), “signe” (#58,793), “sifão” (#58,792). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sobremaneira” fica em #58,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sobremaneira is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,795 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /so.bɾe.ma.ˈnej.ɾa/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list