sedentario
[seð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]
The verdict
“sedentario” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,363 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,363
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aquél que está asentado en forma permanente en un lugar fijo, sin deambular ni cambiar de domicilio frecuentemente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sedentario · sedentario · Spanish
sedentario · rank #60,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,363
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH secundo
Nearest frequency peer: secundo (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sedentario”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- santiaguinos
santiaguinos
39,642 corpus weight
- Santini
Santini
39,641 corpus weight
- secundo
secundo
39,639 corpus weight
- sedentario
sedentario
39,638 corpus weight
- sementales
sementales
39,637 corpus weight
- sentiremos
sentiremos
39,635 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sedentario” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sedentario |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [seð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾjo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sedentario” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sedentario is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,363 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [seð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sedentario, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sedentario, spelled S-E-D-E-N-T-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Aquél que está asentado en forma permanente en un lugar fijo, sin deambular ni cambiar de domicilio frecuentemente.
- 2Aquél que desarrolla poca actividad física, o con escasa frecuencia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sedentario appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El hombre del neolítico se volvió sedentario por la agricultura.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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