sargento

/[saɾˈxẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,182

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

sargento is aSpanishnoun. It means: Antiguo oficial subalterno de infantería, encargado de la administración y disciplina de una compañía Pronounced [saɾˈxẽn̪t̪o]. It ranks #8,182 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Sarmiento and sargentos.

Key facts for sargento
PropertyValue
Headwordsargento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[saɾˈxẽn̪t̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,182
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sargento in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sargento is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saɾˈxẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,182 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for sargento, with forms such as "asrgento", "sagrento", and "saregnto". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Sarmiento", "sargentos", 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 Spanish form is sargento, spelled S-A-R-G-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Antiguo oficial subalterno de infantería, encargado de la administración y disciplina de una compañía
  2. 2
    Suboficial de rango superior al cabo en diversos cuerpos militares y de seguridad
  3. 3
    Antiguo suplente de alcalde de los juzgados de provincia
  4. 4
    Persona autoritaria y prepotente
  5. 5
    Prensa dotada de tornillo para fijar al banco de trabajo la pieza sobre la que se desea operar, cuya forma recuerda a una G mayúscula

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asrgento,sagrento,saregnto,sargennto,sargenot,sargentto,sargetno,sarggento,sargneto,sarrgento,sragento,ssargento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sargento

Misspelling Variants of "sargento"

asrgento8sagrento8saregnto8sargennto9sargenot8sargentto9sargetno8sarggento9
Misspelling Variants of "sargento"

Frequency rank: #8,182 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sargento"?
"sargento" is spelled S-A-R-G-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [saɾˈxẽn̪t̪o].
What does "sargento" mean?
As a noun, "sargento" means: Antiguo oficial subalterno de infantería, encargado de la administración y disciplina de una compañía
What words are commonly confused with "sargento"?
"sargento" is commonly confused with "Sarmiento", "sargentos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sargento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sargento" is [saɾˈxẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sargento" come from?
"sargento" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.