sector

Name: sector, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[sekˈt̪oɾ]

/[sekˈt̪oɾ]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“sector” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#813
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,169
“S” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte de una clase o grupo que presenta caracteres particulares.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sector · sector · Spanish

sector · rank #813 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

FREQ-CORE #813
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 4,169
PHOTO-FINISH queremos

Nearest frequency peer: queremos (-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.

oficina

99,191
presente

99,190
queremos

99,189
sector

99,188
serio

99,187
superior

99,186

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

sector vs señor

67% similar

sector vs sexto

67% similar

sector vs sentir

67% similar

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

Key facts for sector
Property	Value
Headword	sector
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[sekˈt̪oɾ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#813
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	14
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sector”

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

#813

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “queremos” (#812), “serio” (#814), “presente” (#811). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sector” va en #813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sector (IPA [sekˈt̪oɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #813 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sector, with forms such as "cector", "esctor", and "scetor". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "señor", "sexto", "sentir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 sector, spelled S-E-C-T-O-R.

Definition

1
Parte de una clase o grupo que presenta caracteres particulares.
2
Zona o parte de una población, de un edificio o de cualquier otro lugar.
3
Cada una de las partes en las que se divide una red de energía .
4
Conjunto de actividades y empresas que se agrupan de acuerdo al tipo de actividad que realizan.
5
Porción de círculo comprendida entre dos radios y el arco que los une.
6
Cada una de las zonas en las que se dividen las pistas de un disco.

This word in other languages

sector(English)secteur(Français)setor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cector
esctor
scetor
secctor
secotr
sectorr
sectro
secttor
setcor
ssector

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sector - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "sector"

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 "sector"?

"sector" is spelled S-E-C-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [sekˈt̪oɾ].

What does "sector" mean?

As a noun, "sector" means: Parte de una clase o grupo que presenta caracteres particulares.

What words are commonly confused with "sector"?

"sector" is commonly confused with "señor", "sexto", "sentir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "sector"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sector" is [sekˈt̪oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sector" come from?

"sector" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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