sumir

verb

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The verdict

“sumir” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,746. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,746
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desaparecer, deixar de existir

Corpus desk

Index PT-sumir · sumir · Portuguese

sumir · rank #11,746 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,746
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH substancial

Nearest frequency peer: substancial (-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 “sumir”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sumir” 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).

sumir vs sumo
60% similar
sumir vs suor
60% similar
sumir vs sutil
60% similar

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

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

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sumir”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sumircai 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 “substancial” (#11,745), “surpreendido” (#11,748), “spring” (#11,743). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sumir” fica em #11,746. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sumir, averb. Corpus frequency is #11,746 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "desaparecer, deixar de existir".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sumir, with forms such as "smuir", "ssumir", and "suimr". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "sumo", "suor", "sutil", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is sumir, spelled S-U-M-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    desaparecer, deixar de existir

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Gelo do ártico pode sumir em 5 anos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smuir
  • ssumir
  • suimr
  • sumirr
  • summir
  • sumri
  • usmir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sumir - 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.

smuir2ssumir1suimr2sumirr1summir1sumri2usmir2
Edit distance from "sumir"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

simão#11,739traço#11,759usual#11,762panda#11,699

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

mural7 variantsazeite7 variantsgenro7 variantsoptar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list