sobrenome
/so.bɾe.ˈno.mi/
The verdict
“sobrenome” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,240 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,240
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nome de família, que se segue ao prenome
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sobrenome |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /so.bɾe.ˈno.mi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sobrenome” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sobrenome is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /so.bɾe.ˈno.mi/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,240 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sobrenome, with forms such as "osbrenome", "sborenome", and "sobbrenome". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is sobrenome, spelled S-O-B-R-E-N-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1nome de família, que se segue ao prenome
- 2alcunha que se acresce ao nome de pessoa ou família para descrevê-la
- 3palavra ou frase que descreve alguém
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osbrenome,sborenome,sobbrenome,sobernome,sobrenmoe,sobrennome,sobrenoem,sobrenomme,sobreonme,sobrneome,sobrrenome,sorbenome,ssobrenome
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sobrenome - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “sobrenome”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-O-B-R-E-N-O-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /so.bɾe.ˈno.mi/ (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.