sensory
/ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/
"sensory" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sensory” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,603. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,603
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of the physical senses or sensation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sensory · sensory · English
sensory · rank #11,603 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,603
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH scenery
Nearest frequency peer: scenery (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sensory”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- RNA
RNA
88,402 corpus weight
- scarf
scarf
88,401 corpus weight
- scenery
scenery
88,400 corpus weight
- sensory
sensory
88,398 corpus weight
- sidewalk
sidewalk
88,396 corpus weight
- skeptical
skeptical
88,395 corpus weight
What this shows “sensory” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | sensory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sensory”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around sensory (IPA /ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,603 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sensory, with forms such as "esnsory", "sennsory", and "senosry". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "sentry", "señor", "senior", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sense + -ory. The correct English form is sensory, spelled S-E-N-S-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Of the physical senses or sensation.
- 2Conveying nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sensory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Species of things are perceived rather there whereto they are carried. But every ſenſory Nerve each in its place carries the Species to the beginning of the ſpinal Marrow, and therefore each in their place are judged and received by the Soul, in the beginning of the ſpinal Marrow.
It is evident that in the ancestor of these two groups the first pair of appendages became early adapted for purely sensory purposes, and were naturally projected far in advance of the mouth, forming the antennæ.
Etymology
From sense + -ory.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esnsory
- sennsory
- senosry
- sensorry
- sensoryy
- sensoyr
- sensroy
- senssory
- sesnory
- snesory
- ssensory
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sensory - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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