sensual

/[sẽnˈswal]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,055

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

sensual is anSpanishadj. It means: Que provoca placer o incita a él. Pronounced [sẽnˈswal]. Often confused with sexual and sensuales.

Key facts for sensual
PropertyValue
Headwordsensual
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[sẽnˈswal]
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,055
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sensual is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sẽnˈswal]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,055 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for sensual, with forms such as "censual", "esnsual", and "sennsual". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "sexual", "sensuales", "señal", 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 sensual, spelled S-E-N-S-U-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que provoca placer o incita a él.
  2. 2
    Referido a una persona, que gusta de los placeres, especialmente del placer sexual.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: censual,esnsual,sennsual,sensaul,senssual,sensuall,sensula,senusal,sesnual,snesual,ssensual

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sensual

Misspelling Variants of "sensual"

censual7esnsual7sennsual8sensaul7senssual8sensuall8sensula7senusal7
Misspelling Variants of "sensual"

Frequency rank: #12,055 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sensual"?
"sensual" is spelled S-E-N-S-U-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽnˈswal].
What does "sensual" mean?
As an adj, "sensual" means: Que provoca placer o incita a él.
What words are commonly confused with "sensual"?
"sensual" is commonly confused with "sexual", "sensuales", "señal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sensual"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sensual" is [sẽnˈswal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sensual" come from?
"sensual" 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.