sentencia

[sẽn̪ˈt̪ẽnsja]

/[sẽn̪ˈt̪ẽnsja]/ noun

The verdict

“sentencia” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,958. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,958
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frase que supone una enseñanza.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sentencia · sentencia · Spanish

sentencia · rank #1,958 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,958
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH seguramente

Nearest frequency peer: seguramente (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “sentencia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “sentencia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sentencia vs sentencias
90% similar
sentencia vs sentenciado
82% similar
sentencia vs sentenciada
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sentencia
PropertyValue
Headwordsentencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sẽn̪ˈt̪ẽnsja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,958
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sentencia”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sentenciacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “seguramente” (#1,957), “sesión” (#1,959), “salvador” (#1,956). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sentencia” va en #1,958. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around sentencia (IPA [sẽn̪ˈt̪ẽnsja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,958 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentencia, with forms such as "centencia", "esntencia", and "senetncia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "sentencias", "sentenciado", "sentenciada", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is sentencia, spelled S-E-N-T-E-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frase que supone una enseñanza.
  2. 2
    Decisión definitiva de un juez o jurado.
  3. 3
    Oración gramatical.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sentencia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pues el juez no está en su sitio para conceder la justicia como una dádiva, sino para juzgar lo que es justo, y dar sentencia con arreglo a las leyes.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • centencia
  • esntencia
  • senetncia
  • senntencia
  • sentecnia
  • sentencai
  • sentenccia
  • sentenica
  • sentenncia
  • sentensia
  • sentnecia
  • senttencia
  • setnencia
  • snetencia
  • ssentencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentencia - 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.

centencia1esntencia2senetncia2senntencia1sentecnia2sentencai2sentenccia1sentenica2
Edit distance from "sentencia"

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

How do you spell "sentencia"?
"sentencia" is spelled S-E-N-T-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽn̪ˈt̪ẽnsja].
What does "sentencia" mean?
As a noun, "sentencia" means: Frase que supone una enseñanza.
What words are commonly confused with "sentencia"?
"sentencia" is commonly confused with "sentencias", "sentenciado", "sentenciada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentencia" is [sẽn̪ˈt̪ẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentencia" come from?
"sentencia" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sentencia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list