sensor

/[sẽnˈsoɾ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,815

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

sensor is aSpanishnoun. It means: Dispositivo que recibe o responde estímulos como la luz, la temperatura, el nivel de radiación, presión, etcétera, usualmente envia una señal a un observador o a un instrumento de medición o de con... Pronounced [sẽnˈsoɾ]. Often confused with sesos and sentir.

Key facts for sensor
PropertyValue
Headwordsensor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sẽnˈsoɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,815
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sensor is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sẽnˈsoɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,815 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dispositivo que recibe o responde estímulos como la luz, la temperatura, el nivel de radiación, presión, etcétera, usualmente envia una señal a un observador o a un instrumento de medición o de con...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for sensor, with forms such as "esnsor", "sennsor", and "senosr". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "sesos", "sentir", "sentar", and more, 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 sensor, spelled S-E-N-S-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dispositivo que recibe o responde estímulos como la luz, la temperatura, el nivel de radiación, presión, etcétera, usualmente envia una señal a un observador o a un instrumento de medición o de control.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esnsor,sennsor,senosr,sensorr,sensro,senssor,sesnor,snesor,ssensor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sensor

Misspelling Variants of "sensor"

esnsor6sennsor7senosr6sensorr7sensro6senssor7sesnor6snesor6
Misspelling Variants of "sensor"

Frequency rank: #17,815 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sensor"?
"sensor" is spelled S-E-N-S-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽnˈsoɾ].
What does "sensor" mean?
As a noun, "sensor" means: Dispositivo que recibe o responde estímulos como la luz, la temperatura, el nivel de radiación, presión, etcétera, usualmente envia una señal a un observador o a un instrumento de medición o de con...
What words are commonly confused with "sensor"?
"sensor" is commonly confused with "sesos", "sentir", "sentar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sensor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sensor" is [sẽnˈsoɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sensor" come from?
"sensor" 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.