sumir

verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,746

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

sumir is aPortugueseverb. It means: desaparecer, deixar de existir Often confused with sumo and suor.

Key facts for sumir
PropertyValue
Headwordsumir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,746
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sumir is 5 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #11,746 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "desaparecer, deixar de existir".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for sumir, with forms such as "smuir", "ssumir", and "suimr". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "sumo", "suor", "sutil", 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 sumir, spelled S-U-M-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    desaparecer, deixar de existir

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: smuir,ssumir,suimr,sumirr,summir,sumri,usmir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sumir

Misspelling Variants of "sumir"

smuir5ssumir6suimr5sumirr6summir6sumri5usmir5
Misspelling Variants of "sumir"

Frequency rank: #11,746 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sumir"?
"sumir" is spelled S-U-M-I-R.
What does "sumir" mean?
As a verb, "sumir" means: desaparecer, deixar de existir
What words are commonly confused with "sumir"?
"sumir" is commonly confused with "sumo", "suor", "sutil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sumir" come from?
"sumir" 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.