sensu
[ˈsẽː.suː]
The verdict
“sensu” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,861 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,861
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del ablativo singular de sēnsus.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sensu · sensu · Spanish
sensu · rank #53,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,861
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sembrados
Nearest frequency peer: sembrados (-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 “sensu”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- secundado
secundado
46,143 corpus weight
- sedantes
sedantes
46,142 corpus weight
- sembrados
sembrados
46,141 corpus weight
- sensu
sensu
46,140 corpus weight
- sentimental…
sentimentalmente
46,139 corpus weight
- Severino
Severino
46,138 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sensu” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sensu |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsẽː.suː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sensu” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sensu is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,861 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsẽː.suː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del ablativo singular de sēnsus.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sensu, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 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 sensu, spelled S-E-N-S-U.
Definition
- 1Forma del ablativo singular de sēnsus.
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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