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“soberbo” and “sóbrio” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,350
- “soberbo” frequency rank
- #19,003
- “sóbrio” frequency rank
- 54353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soberbo | sóbrio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | com um orgulho excessivo, por demais orgulhoso | sério, discreto |
Letter map: soberbo vs sóbrio
Shared letters muted; letters that set soberbo and sóbrio apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. soberbo runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against sóbrio's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: soberbo and sóbrio
soberbo and sóbrio are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soberbo is recorded at frequency rank #35,350, classified as anadj. sóbrio is at rank #19,003, tagged as anadj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 54353, this pair ranks #11,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soberbo vs sóbrio
Shared letters: bors. Private to "soberbo": e. Private to "sóbrio": ió.
"soberbo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "sóbrio" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- soberbo ← osberbo · sboerbo · sobberbo · sobebro · soberbbo · soberob · soberrbo · sobrebo
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "soberbo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sóbrio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soberbo" and "sóbrio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soberba vs soberbo". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #11,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.