sono

//ˈso.nu// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,910

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sono is aPortuguesenoun. It means: necessidade, vontade de dormir Pronounced /ˈso.nu/. It ranks #2,910 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with sou and sun.

Key facts for sono
PropertyValue
Headwordsono
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈso.nu/
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,910
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sono is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈso.nu/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,910 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for sono, with forms such as "osno", "snoo", and "sonno". 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, "sou", "sun", "sós", 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 sono, spelled S-O-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    necessidade, vontade de dormir
  2. 2
    inércia, indolência
  3. 3
    cessação momentânea da atividade com entrada a uma condição de inconsciência própria dos sistemas que têm as propriedades da vida animal
  4. 4
    a morte (eufemismo)
  5. 5
    paralisação, falta de ação em algo (como na sociedade, economia, produção artística)
  6. 6
    preguiça, inação, falta de vontade de fazer algo

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osno,snoo,sonno,soon,ssono

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sono

Misspelling Variants of "sono"

osno4snoo4sonno5soon4ssono5
Misspelling Variants of "sono"

Frequency rank: #2,910 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sono"?
"sono" is spelled S-O-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈso.nu/.
What does "sono" mean?
As a noun, "sono" means: necessidade, vontade de dormir
What words are commonly confused with "sono"?
"sono" is commonly confused with "sou", "sun", "sós". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sono"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sono" is /ˈso.nu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sono" come from?
"sono" 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.