sumo
The verdict
“sumo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,264
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - supremo, máximo
Corpus desk
Index PT-sumo · sumo · Portuguese
sumo · rank #9,264 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,264
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH summer
Nearest frequency peer: summer (-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 “sumo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- solicitação
solicitação
90,742 corpus weight
- summer
summer
90,738 corpus weight
- sumo
sumo
90,737 corpus weight
- superficial
superficial
90,736 corpus weight
- surto
surto
90,734 corpus weight
- suspensa
suspensa
90,733 corpus weight
What this shows “sumo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sumo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “sumo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around sumo, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,264 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sumo, with forms such as "smuo", "ssumo", and "summo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sus", "sun", "sup", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is sumo, spelled S-U-M-O.
Definition
- 1supremo, máximo
- 2alto, que está no lugar mais elevado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sumo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Caio Júlio César exigiu que lhe fosse dado o título de sumo pontífice.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- smuo
- ssumo
- summo
- suom
- usmo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sumo - 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.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sumo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).