sobrenatural

//so.bɾɨ.nɐ.tu.ˈɾaɫ// adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,350

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sobrenatural is anPortugueseadj. It means: que ultrapassa o natural; que não obedece às leis da Natureza Pronounced /so.bɾɨ.nɐ.tu.ˈɾaɫ/.

Key facts for sobrenatural
PropertyValue
Headwordsobrenatural
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/so.bɾɨ.nɐ.tu.ˈɾaɫ/
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,350
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sobrenatural in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sobrenatural is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /so.bɾɨ.nɐ.tu.ˈɾaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,350 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for sobrenatural, with forms such as "osbrenatural", "sborenatural", and "sobbrenatural". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is sobrenatural, spelled S-O-B-R-E-N-A-T-U-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que ultrapassa o natural; que não obedece às leis da Natureza
  2. 2
    que tem relação com fenômenos extraterrenos
  3. 3
    que está acima da natureza humana; sobre-humano
  4. 4
    fantástico, extraordinário; excessivo; enorme
  5. 5
    que somente é conhecido pela fé; que é ligado à ação divina, sem intromissão humana; supernatural; supranatural; preternatural

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osbrenatural,sborenatural,sobbrenatural,sobernatural,sobreantural,sobrenatrual,sobrenattural,sobrenatuarl,sobrenaturall,sobrenaturla,sobrenaturral,sobrenautral,sobrennatural,sobrentaural,sobrneatural,sobrrenatural,sorbenatural,ssobrenatural

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sobrenatural

Misspelling Variants of "sobrenatural"

osbrenatural12sborenatural12sobbrenatural13sobernatural12sobreantural12sobrenatrual12sobrenattural13sobrenatuarl12
Misspelling Variants of "sobrenatural"

Frequency rank: #11,350 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sobrenatural"?
"sobrenatural" is spelled S-O-B-R-E-N-A-T-U-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /so.bɾɨ.nɐ.tu.ˈɾaɫ/.
What does "sobrenatural" mean?
As an adj, "sobrenatural" means: que ultrapassa o natural; que não obedece às leis da Natureza
What are common misspellings of "sobrenatural"?
Common misspellings include "osbrenatural", "sborenatural", "sobbrenatural", "sobernatural", "sobreantural". The correct spelling is "sobrenatural".
How do you pronounce "sobrenatural"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sobrenatural" is /so.bɾɨ.nɐ.tu.ˈɾaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sobrenatural" come from?
"sobrenatural" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.