sozinho

//sɔ.ˈzi.ɲu// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,180

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

sozinho is anPortugueseadj. It means: inteiramente só, desacompanhado: Pronounced /sɔ.ˈzi.ɲu/. It ranks #1,180 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with sonho and sobrinho.

Key facts for sozinho
PropertyValue
Headwordsozinho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/sɔ.ˈzi.ɲu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,180
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sozinho is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɔ.ˈzi.ɲu/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,180 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for sozinho, with forms such as "oszinho", "soiznho", and "sozihno". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sonho", "sobrinho", 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 sozinho, spelled S-O-Z-I-N-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    inteiramente só, desacompanhado:
  2. 2
    abandonado a si mesmo:
  3. 3
    sem ajuda de ninguém, apenas por mérito próprio:

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oszinho,soiznho,sozihno,sozinhho,sozinnho,sozinoh,sozniho,sozzinho,ssozinho,szoinho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sozinho

Misspelling Variants of "sozinho"

oszinho7soiznho7sozihno7sozinhho8sozinnho8sozinoh7sozniho7sozzinho8
Misspelling Variants of "sozinho"

Frequency rank: #1,180 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sozinho"?
"sozinho" is spelled S-O-Z-I-N-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sɔ.ˈzi.ɲu/.
What does "sozinho" mean?
As an adj, "sozinho" means: inteiramente só, desacompanhado:
What words are commonly confused with "sozinho"?
"sozinho" is commonly confused with "sonho", "sobrinho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sozinho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sozinho" is /sɔ.ˈzi.ɲu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sozinho" come from?
"sozinho" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.