sueño

/ˈswe.ɲo/

//ˈswe.ɲo// noun

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The verdict

“sueño” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #49,711. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,711
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sono:

Corpus desk

Index PT-sueno · sueño · Portuguese

sueño · rank #49,711 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,711
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH subseção

Nearest frequency peer: subseção (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “sueño”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “sueño” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sueño vs sun
40% similar
sueño vs sujo
60% similar
sueño vs sumo
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sueño
PropertyValue
Headwordsueño
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈswe.ɲo/
Letters5
Frequency rank#49,711
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sueño”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).sueñocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “subseção” (#49,710), “sundae” (#49,715), “soap” (#49,703). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sueño” fica em #49,711. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around sueño (IPA /ˈswe.ɲo/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,711 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sueño, with forms such as "seuño", "ssueño", and "sueoñ". 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, "sun", "sujo", "sumo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 sueño, spelled S-U-E-Ñ-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    sono:
  2. 2
    sonho:
  3. 3
    sonho, utopia:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sueño appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tengo mucho sueño.
  2. "Tuve una larga noche insomne y, cuando conseguí dormir un poco, tuve un sueño que casi me hizo feliz. En él veía a don Genaro, a mi abuelo y al viejo librero de Praga."

Synonyms

quimerautopía

Antonyms

realidad

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • seuño
  • ssueño
  • sueoñ
  • suñeo
  • useño

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sueño - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

seuño2ssueño1sueoñ2suñeo2useño2
Edit distance from "sueño"

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 "sueño"?
"sueño" is spelled S-U-E-Ñ-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈswe.ɲo/.
What does "sueño" mean?
As a noun, "sueño" means: sono:
What words are commonly confused with "sueño"?
"sueño" is commonly confused with "sun", "sujo", "sumo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sueño"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sueño" is /ˈswe.ɲo/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sueño" come from?
"sueño" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

velar#49,744chess#49,866Leben#49,556kebab#49,548

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

chau5 variantsbile5 variantsalles5 variantsvelo5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list