sopé
/su.ˈpɛ/
The verdict
“sopé” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #43,662. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,662
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - base
Corpus desk
Index PT-sope · sopé · Portuguese
sopé · rank #43,662 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,662
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,603
- PHOTO-FINISH suportável
Nearest frequency peer: suportável (+5 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sopé”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sein
sein
56,354 corpus weight
- selim
selim
56,353 corpus weight
- sopé
sopé
56,339 corpus weight
- suportável
suportável
56,334 corpus weight
- tandem
tandem
56,329 corpus weight
- tangará
tangará
56,328 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sopé” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | sopé |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /su.ˈpɛ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #43,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sopé” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around sopé (IPA /su.ˈpɛ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,662 among 2,603 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sopé, with forms such as "ospé", "soppé", and "soép". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sou", "sue", "sós", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 sopé, spelled S-O-P-É.
Definition
- 1base
- 2parte inferior de uma encosta ou montanha
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ospé
- soppé
- soép
- spoé
- ssopé
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sopé - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sopé", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.