sens
[sɑ̃]
The verdict
“sens” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,172 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,172
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sens · sens · Spanish
sens · rank #61,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,172
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH seme
Nearest frequency peer: seme (-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 “sens”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sedimentari…
sedimentarias
38,833 corpus weight
- segrega
segrega
38,831 corpus weight
- seme
seme
38,830 corpus weight
- sens
sens
38,829 corpus weight
- sequen
sequen
38,828 corpus weight
- siciliana
siciliana
38,825 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sens” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sens |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sɑ̃] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sens” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sens is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,172 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sɑ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sentido.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sens in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sens, spelled S-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Sentido.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quel est le sens de la vie ?.
Les routes sont souvent des voies à double sens.
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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