sentarse
[sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾse]
The verdict
“sentarse” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,828. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,828
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomar un asiento, adquirir la posición en que el cuerpo descansa sobre los glúteos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sentarse · sentarse · Spanish
sentarse · rank #6,828 · 13 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,828
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH semanal
Nearest frequency peer: semanal (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sentarse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- secuencia
secuencia
93,176 corpus weight
- Seguí
Seguí
93,175 corpus weight
- semanal
semanal
93,174 corpus weight
- sentarse
sentarse
93,173 corpus weight
- sientas
sientas
93,172 corpus weight
- sir
sir
93,171 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sentarse” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sentarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾse] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “sentarse” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around sentarse (IPA [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾse]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,828 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentarse, with forms such as "centarce", "esntarse", and "senatrse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "sentirse", "sentar", "secarse", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sentarse, spelled S-E-N-T-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Tomar un asiento, adquirir la posición en que el cuerpo descansa sobre los glúteos.
- 2Varar una embarcación por completo, es decir, tocando toda la quilla en la arena.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sentarse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Me voy a sentar en esa silla. Ellos se sientan en el sillón.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- centarce
- esntarse
- senatrse
- senntarse
- sentares
- sentarrse
- sentarsse
- sentasre
- sentrase
- senttarse
- setnarse
- snetarse
- ssentarse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentarse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sentarse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "sentarse". Here's where to go from here.
- "sentarse" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "sentirse". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,828 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.