sonho

//ˈso.ɲu// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,058

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sonho is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ideias e imagens que perpassam na mente de quem dorme Pronounced /ˈso.ɲu/. It ranks #1,058 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with sono and sons.

Key facts for sonho
PropertyValue
Headwordsonho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈso.ɲu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,058
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sonho is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈso.ɲu/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,058 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 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 sonho, with forms such as "osnho", "snoho", and "sohno". 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", "sons", "sopro", 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 sonho, spelled S-O-N-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ideias e imagens que perpassam na mente de quem dorme
  2. 2
    aspiração ou desejo intenso
  3. 3
    ilusão, utopia, fantasia
  4. 4
    bola de Berlim, bolo recheado, normalmente frito e polvilhado com açúcar

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osnho,snoho,sohno,sonhho,sonnho,sonoh,ssonho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sonho

Misspelling Variants of "sonho"

osnho5snoho5sohno5sonhho6sonnho6sonoh5ssonho6
Misspelling Variants of "sonho"

Frequency rank: #1,058 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sonho"?
"sonho" is spelled S-O-N-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈso.ɲu/.
What does "sonho" mean?
As a noun, "sonho" means: ideias e imagens que perpassam na mente de quem dorme
What words are commonly confused with "sonho"?
"sonho" is commonly confused with "sono", "sons", "sopro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sonho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sonho" is /ˈso.ɲu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sonho" come from?
"sonho" 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.