sentido común

/[sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o koˈmũn]/ phrase

Letters

13 characters

Language

Spanish

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sentido común is aSpanishphrase. It means: Capacidad básica para emplear la razón, entender o decidir. Pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o koˈmũn].

Key facts for sentido común
PropertyValue
Headwordsentido común
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o koˈmũn]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

sentido común is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Spanish corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sentido común is 13 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o koˈmũn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for sentido común in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 sentido común, spelled S-E-N-T-I-D-O- -C-O-M-Ú-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capacidad básica para emplear la razón, entender o decidir.
  2. 2
    Facultad cognitiva que se creía era la base para recibir e interpretar toda la información sensorial (captada a través de los sentidos físicos como vista, tacto, etc.).

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sentido común"?
"sentido común" is spelled S-E-N-T-I-D-O- -C-O-M-Ú-N. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o koˈmũn].
What does "sentido común" mean?
As a phrase, "sentido común" means: Capacidad básica para emplear la razón, entender o decidir.
How do you pronounce "sentido común"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentido común" is [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o koˈmũn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentido común" come from?
"sentido común" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.