suprir

verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,967

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

suprir is aPortugueseverb. It means: fornecer ou prover (uma pessoa, estabelecimento, lugar, etc) o que está faltando ou é necessário Often confused with surgir and subir.

Key facts for suprir
PropertyValue
Headwordsuprir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,967
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for suprir is 6 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #14,967 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for suprir, with forms such as "spurir", "ssuprir", and "supirr". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "surgir", "subir", "sumir", 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 suprir, spelled S-U-P-R-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fornecer ou prover (uma pessoa, estabelecimento, lugar, etc) o que está faltando ou é necessário
  2. 2
    compensar, satisfazer
  3. 3
    ocupar o lugar de outrem, fazer as vezes de

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: spurir,ssuprir,supirr,supprir,suprirr,suprri,suprrir,surpir,usprir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for suprir

Misspelling Variants of "suprir"

spurir6ssuprir7supirr6supprir7suprirr7suprri6suprrir7surpir6
Misspelling Variants of "suprir"

Frequency rank: #14,967 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suprir"?
"suprir" is spelled S-U-P-R-I-R.
What does "suprir" mean?
As a verb, "suprir" means: fornecer ou prover (uma pessoa, estabelecimento, lugar, etc) o que está faltando ou é necessário
What words are commonly confused with "suprir"?
"suprir" is commonly confused with "surgir", "subir", "sumir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "suprir" come from?
"suprir" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.