Español homophones
cena/sena
"cena" (#3,105 written frequency) beats "sena" (#14,456) in this 2-word /ˈsena/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈsena/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "cena" leads at #3,105, with "sena" trailing at #14,456.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "cena" is 4 letters, "sena" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across cena, sena: aen. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
cena
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory acen · private c
sena
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory aens · private s
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "cena" when you mean: Comida nocturna.
- Write "sena" when you mean: Arbusto de Levante de la familia de las leguminosas, parecido a la casia, y cuyas hojas se usan en infusión como purgantes.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.