sóbrio

adj

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The verdict

“sóbrio” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,003. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,003
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sério, discreto

Corpus desk

Index PT-sobrio · sóbrio · Portuguese

sóbrio · rank #19,003 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,003
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH tailandês

Nearest frequency peer: tailandês (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “sóbrio”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “sóbrio” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sóbrio vs sócio
67% similar
sóbrio vs sódio
67% similar
sóbrio vs sopro
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sóbrio
PropertyValue
Headwordsóbrio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,003
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sóbrio”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sóbriocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tailandês” (#19,004), “TEA” (#19,006), “sublime” (#18,997). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sóbrio” fica em #19,003. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sóbrio, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,003 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sóbrio, with forms such as "sbório", "ssóbrio", and "sóbbrio". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "sócio", "sódio", "sopro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is sóbrio, spelled S-Ó-B-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    sério, discreto
  2. 2
    que não está sob o efeito de bebida alcoólica

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sóbrio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Você muda conforme o diretor, mas mantém um estilo muito sóbrio de atuar.

Antonyms

ébrio

This word in other languages

sober(English)sobrio(Español)sobre(Français)nüchtern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbório
  • ssóbrio
  • sóbbrio
  • sóbiro
  • sóbroi
  • sóbrrio
  • sórbio
  • ósbrio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sóbrio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

sbório2ssóbrio1sóbbrio1sóbiro2sóbroi2sóbrrio1sórbio2ósbrio2
Edit distance from "sóbrio"

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 "sóbrio"?
"sóbrio" is spelled S-Ó-B-R-I-O.
What does "sóbrio" mean?
As an adjective, "sóbrio" means: sério, discreto
What words are commonly confused with "sóbrio"?
"sóbrio" is commonly confused with "sócio", "sódio", "sopro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sóbrio" come from?
"sóbrio" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

thanks#19,010UNICEF#19,018êxtase#19,033behind#19,071

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

furado8 variantsgalego8 variantsindução8 variantsinovar8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list