sovina

/su.ˈvi.nɐ/

//su.ˈvi.nɐ// adj

The verdict

“sovina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,350 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,350
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - avarento, mesquinho, pão-duro

Corpus desk

Index PT-sovina · sovina · Portuguese

sovina · rank #92,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,350
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH stash

Nearest frequency peer: stash (+2 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “sovina”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sovina” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sovina
PropertyValue
Headwordsovina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/su.ˈvi.nɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,350
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sovina” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sovinacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “stash” (#92,352), “sineta” (#92,337), “servilismo” (#92,327). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sovina” fica em #92,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sovina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,350 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /su.ˈvi.nɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "avarento, mesquinho, pão-duro".

No misspelling variants are generated for sovina in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is sovina, spelled S-O-V-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    avarento, mesquinho, pão-duro

Synonyms

avaropirangueirounha-de-fome

Antonyms

esbanjadorgenerosopródigo

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sovina"?
"sovina" is spelled S-O-V-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /su.ˈvi.nɐ/.
What does "sovina" mean?
As an adjective, "sovina" means: avarento, mesquinho, pão-duro
How do you pronounce "sovina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sovina" is /su.ˈvi.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sovina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list