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sentiments

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "sentiments", 10-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "sentiments" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "sentiments" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

sentiments is aEnglishnoun. It means: plural of sentiment Pronounced /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənts/. Often confused with sentient and sentiment.

Key facts for sentiments
PropertyValue
Headwordsentiments
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənts/
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,016
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sentiments in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for sentiments is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənts/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,016 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of sentiment".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for sentiments, with forms such as "esntiments", "senitments", and "senntiments". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sentient", "sentiment", "sentimental", 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 English form is sentiments, spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of sentiment

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esntiments,senitments,senntiments,sentiemnts,sentimennts,sentimenst,sentimentss,sentimentts,sentimetns,sentimments,sentimnets,sentmients,senttiments,setniments,snetiments,ssentiments

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sentiments

Misspelling Variants of "sentiments"

esntiments10senitments10senntiments11sentiemnts10sentimennts11sentimenst10sentimentss11sentimentts11
Misspelling Variants of "sentiments"

Frequency rank: #14,016 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sentiments"?
"sentiments" is spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənts/.
What does "sentiments" mean?
As a noun, "sentiments" means: plural of sentiment
What words are commonly confused with "sentiments"?
"sentiments" is commonly confused with "sentient", "sentiment", "sentimental". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentiments"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentiments" is /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentiments" come from?
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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.