sargento

[saɾˈxẽn̪t̪o]

/[saɾˈxẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

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The verdict

“sargento” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,182
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Antiguo oficial subalterno de infantería, encargado de la administración y disciplina de una compañía

Corpus desk

Index ES-sargento · sargento · Spanish

sargento · rank #8,182 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,182
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH seguidos

Nearest frequency peer: seguidos (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “sargento”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “sargento” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sargento vs Sarmiento
67% similar
sargento vs sargentos
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sargento”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sargentocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “seguidos” (#8,183), “roban” (#8,180), “sensibles” (#8,184). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sargento” va en #8,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sargento (IPA [saɾˈxẽn̪t̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,182 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sargento, with forms such as "asrgento", "sagrento", and "saregnto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Sarmiento", "sargentos", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is sargento, spelled S-A-R-G-E-N-T-O.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sargento appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lo otro que el capitán deve se proveer es un sargento, y este officio es el segundo en la compañía, después del alférez. Éste tiene cargo de regir la gente, ponerla en orden y, si alguno saliesse de la orden, puédele castigar
  2. Un tal García, agudo y algo instruido, militar retirado, que había sido estudiante y luégo soldado y sargento ántes que oficial

Synonyms

sargentamordaza

This word in other languages

sergeant(English)sergent(Français)Feldwebel(Deutsch)sargento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asrgento
  • sagrento
  • saregnto
  • sargennto
  • sargenot
  • sargentto
  • sargetno
  • sarggento
  • sargneto
  • sarrgento
  • sragento
  • ssargento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sargento - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

asrgento2sagrento2saregnto2sargennto1sargenot2sargentto1sargetno2sarggento1
Edit distance from "sargento"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sargento", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

seguidos#8,183resultan#8,177sometido#8,187publican#8,168

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

acabamos12 variantsparecida12 variantsalcanzan12 variantsaseguran12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list