sonda

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,157

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sonda is aPortuguesenoun. It means: prumo ou objeto análogo com que se determina ou observa a profundidade das águas, ou interior de um objeto, estado de um órgão ou de um ferimento, etc Often confused with sono and sopa.

Key facts for sonda
PropertyValue
Headwordsonda
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,157
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sonda is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #11,157 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for sonda, with forms such as "osnda", "snoda", and "sodna". 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, "sono", "sopa", "sons", 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 sonda, spelled S-O-N-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    prumo ou objeto análogo com que se determina ou observa a profundidade das águas, ou interior de um objeto, estado de um órgão ou de um ferimento, etc
  2. 2
    aparelho de perfuração do terreno para conhecimento do subsolo ou para abrir poços profundos
  3. 3
    tubo de borracha que se introduz em cavidades orgânicas para se extrair delas o conteúdo

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osnda,snoda,sodna,sonad,sondda,sonnda,ssonda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sonda

Misspelling Variants of "sonda"

osnda5snoda5sodna5sonad5sondda6sonnda6ssonda6
Misspelling Variants of "sonda"

Frequency rank: #11,157 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sonda"?
"sonda" is spelled S-O-N-D-A.
What does "sonda" mean?
As a noun, "sonda" means: prumo ou objeto análogo com que se determina ou observa a profundidade das águas, ou interior de um objeto, estado de um órgão ou de um ferimento, etc
What words are commonly confused with "sonda"?
"sonda" is commonly confused with "sono", "sopa", "sons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sonda" come from?
"sonda" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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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.