sentido
[sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o]
The verdict
“sentido” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #395 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #395
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que manifiesta un sentimiento o lo contiene.
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 | sentido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sentido” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sentido is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #395 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentido, with forms such as "centido", "esntido", and "senitdo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sentir", "sonido", "sintió", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sentido, spelled S-E-N-T-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que manifiesta un sentimiento o lo contiene.
- 2Fácil de ofender, con mucho amor propio o pundonor, muy sensible.
- 3Susceptible, delicado. Mayormente aplica cuando previamente se ha sufrido un daño.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: centido,esntido,senitdo,senntido,sentdio,sentiddo,sentiod,senttido,setnido,snetido,ssentido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentido - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “sentido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-N-T-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sentir” - see the side-by-side comparison. sentido vs sentir
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.