sorry

adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,719

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

sorry is anPortugueseadj. It means: expressa desculpas Often confused with sorte and surra.

Key facts for sorry
PropertyValue
Headwordsorry
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,719
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sorry is 5 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #14,719 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for sorry, with forms such as "osrry", "sorryy", and "sory". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "sorte", "surra", "soar", 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 sorry, spelled S-O-R-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressa desculpas
  2. 2
    expressa lamentação
  3. 3
    expressa arrependimento
  4. 4
    usado para avisar o locutor que repita o que disse por falta de compreensão
  5. 5
    usado quando o locutor comete um erro de fala
  6. 6
    deplorável, miserável

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osrry,sorryy,sory,soryr,srory,ssorry

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sorry

Misspelling Variants of "sorry"

osrry5sorryy6sory4soryr5srory5ssorry6
Misspelling Variants of "sorry"

Frequency rank: #14,719 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sorry"?
"sorry" is spelled S-O-R-R-Y.
What does "sorry" mean?
As an adj, "sorry" means: expressa desculpas
What words are commonly confused with "sorry"?
"sorry" is commonly confused with "sorte", "surra", "soar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sorry" come from?
"sorry" 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.