suprir

verb

The verdict

“suprir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,967
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fornecer ou prover (uma pessoa, estabelecimento, lugar, etc) o que está faltando ou é necessário

Corpus desk

Index PT-suprir · suprir · Portuguese

suprir · rank #14,967 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,967
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH supressão

Nearest frequency peer: supressão (-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 “suprir”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “suprir” 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).

suprir vs surgir
67% similar
suprir vs subir
67% similar
suprir vs sumir
67% similar

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

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

Frequência do íman ortográfico “suprir”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “supressão” (#14,966), “tablet” (#14,970), “taxista” (#14,971). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “suprir” fica em #14,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around suprir, averb. Corpus frequency is #14,967 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for suprir, with forms such as "spurir", "ssuprir", and "supirr". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "surgir", "subir", "sumir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is suprir, spelled S-U-P-R-I-R.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quem supre a Argentina de energia e dinheiro é a Venezuela de Hugo Chávez.
  2. Aos 33 anos, se alista em um exército em que o ardor revolucionário não supre a falta de armamentos ou de experiência em combate.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spurir
  • ssuprir
  • supirr
  • supprir
  • suprirr
  • suprri
  • suprrir
  • surpir
  • usprir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suprir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

spurir2ssuprir1supirr2supprir1suprirr1suprri2suprrir1surpir2
Edit distance from "suprir"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list