semestre

/[seˈmest̪ɾe]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,045

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

semestre is aSpanishnoun. It means: Porción de tiempo que dura seis meses, lo que equivale a la mitad de un año. En cada año calendario hay dos semestres, nos podemos referir a ellos como primer semestre, que va desde el 1 de enero h... Pronounced [seˈmest̪ɾe]. It ranks #5,045 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with semestres and semestral.

Key facts for semestre
PropertyValue
Headwordsemestre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seˈmest̪ɾe]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,045
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for semestre is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈmest̪ɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,045 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for semestre, with forms such as "cemestre", "esmestre", and "seemstre". 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, "semestres", "semestral", 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 semestre, spelled S-E-M-E-S-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porción de tiempo que dura seis meses, lo que equivale a la mitad de un año. En cada año calendario hay dos semestres, nos podemos referir a ellos como primer semestre, que va desde el 1 de enero hasta el 30 de junio, y segundo semestre, que va desde el 1 de julio hasta el 31 de diciembre.
  2. 2
    Renta, sueldo, pensión, etcétera, que se cobra o se paga al fin de cada semestre.
  3. 3
    Conjunto de los números de un periódico o revista publicados durante un semestre.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cemestre,esmestre,seemstre,semesrte,semesstre,semester,semestrre,semesttre,semetsre,semmestre,semsetre,smeestre,ssemestre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for semestre

Misspelling Variants of "semestre"

cemestre8esmestre8seemstre8semesrte8semesstre9semester8semestrre9semesttre9
Misspelling Variants of "semestre"

Frequency rank: #5,045 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "semestre"?
"semestre" is spelled S-E-M-E-S-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈmest̪ɾe].
What does "semestre" mean?
As a noun, "semestre" means: Porción de tiempo que dura seis meses, lo que equivale a la mitad de un año. En cada año calendario hay dos semestres, nos podemos referir a ellos como primer semestre, que va desde el 1 de enero h...
What words are commonly confused with "semestre"?
"semestre" is commonly confused with "semestres", "semestral". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "semestre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "semestre" is [seˈmest̪ɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "semestre" come from?
"semestre" 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.