somente

adv

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#706

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

somente is anPortugueseadv. It means: apenas, unicamente, exclusivamente: It ranks #706 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with someone and solene.

Key facts for somente
PropertyValue
Headwordsomente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
Letters7
Frequency rank#706
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for somente is 7 letters long, classified as anadv. Corpus data places it at rank #706 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "apenas, unicamente, exclusivamente:".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for somente, with forms such as "osmente", "smoente", and "soemnte". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "someone", "solene", "semente", 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 somente, spelled S-O-M-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    apenas, unicamente, exclusivamente:

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osmente,smoente,soemnte,somenet,somennte,somentte,sometne,sommente,somnete,ssomente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for somente

Misspelling Variants of "somente"

osmente7smoente7soemnte7somenet7somennte8somentte8sometne7sommente8
Misspelling Variants of "somente"

Frequency rank: #706 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "somente"?
"somente" is spelled S-O-M-E-N-T-E.
What does "somente" mean?
As an adv, "somente" means: apenas, unicamente, exclusivamente:
What words are commonly confused with "somente"?
"somente" is commonly confused with "someone", "solene", "semente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "somente" come from?
"somente" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.