sofre

verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,108

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sofre is aPortugueseverb. It means: terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo sofrer It ranks #3,108 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with Sure and sopé.

Key facts for sofre
PropertyValue
Headwordsofre
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,108
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sofre is 5 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #3,108 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for sofre, with forms such as "osfre", "sfore", and "sofer". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sure", "sopé", "soir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 sofre, spelled S-O-F-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo sofrer
  2. 2
    segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo sofrer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osfre,sfore,sofer,soffre,sorfe,ssofre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sofre

Misspelling Variants of "sofre"

osfre5sfore5sofer5soffre6sorfe5ssofre6
Misspelling Variants of "sofre"

Frequency rank: #3,108 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sofre"?
"sofre" is spelled S-O-F-R-E.
What does "sofre" mean?
As a verb, "sofre" means: terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo sofrer
What words are commonly confused with "sofre"?
"sofre" is commonly confused with "Sure", "sopé", "soir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sofre" come from?
"sofre" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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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.