sente
noun
sente is spelled S-E-N-T-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sente means “A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sente is lisente.
How many letters and syllables are in sente?
| Letters | 5: S-E-N-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sente?
Sente appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with sente?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sente.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: teens, tense, steen, senet.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sente
- lisente plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sente mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti.
- 2
First move, initiative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sente come from?
From Japanese 先手 (sente).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).