sonho
/ˈso.ɲu/
The verdict
“sonho” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,058
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ideias e imagens que perpassam na mente de quem dorme
Corpus desk
Index PT-sonho · sonho · Portuguese
sonho · rank #1,058 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,058
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH reunião
Nearest frequency peer: reunião (-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 “sonho”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- meia
meia
98,947 corpus weight
- parque
parque
98,946 corpus weight
- proposta
proposta
98,945 corpus weight
- reunião
reunião
98,944 corpus weight
- sonho
sonho
98,943 corpus weight
- transporte
transporte
98,941 corpus weight
What this shows “sonho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sonho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈso.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “sonho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around sonho (IPA /ˈso.ɲu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,058 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sonho, with forms such as "osnho", "snoho", and "sohno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sono", "sons", "sopro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is sonho, spelled S-O-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1ideias e imagens que perpassam na mente de quem dorme
- 2aspiração ou desejo intenso
- 3ilusão, utopia, fantasia
- 4bola de Berlim, bolo recheado, normalmente frito e polvilhado com açúcar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sonho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Freud considerava 1895 como marco do surgimento da psicanálise - embora só haja empregado o termo pela primeira vez em 1896 - porque fora em julho daquele ano que tivera o famoso sonho cuja explicação representou a chave de sua revolucionária ciência.
O sonho dele era se tornar piloto de avião.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osnho
- snoho
- sohno
- sonhho
- sonnho
- sonoh
- ssonho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sonho - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sonho", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).