sentimiento

[sẽn̪t̪iˈmjẽn̪t̪o]

/[sẽn̪t̪iˈmjẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

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The verdict

“sentimiento” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,132. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,132
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de sentir o de sentirse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sentimiento · sentimiento · Spanish

sentimiento · rank #2,132 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,132
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH puedas

Nearest frequency peer: puedas (-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 “sentimiento”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sentimiento” 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).

sentimiento vs sentimientos
92% similar
sentimiento vs seguimiento
82% similar

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

Key facts for sentimiento
PropertyValue
Headwordsentimiento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sẽn̪t̪iˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,132
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sentimiento”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).sentimientocae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “puedas” (#2,131), “seres” (#2,133), “situaciones” (#2,134). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sentimiento” va en #2,132. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around sentimiento (IPA [sẽn̪t̪iˈmjẽn̪t̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,132 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentimiento, with forms such as "centimiento", "esntimiento", and "senitmiento". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sentimientos", "seguimiento", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is sentimiento, spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-I-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de sentir o de sentirse.
  2. 2
    Estado del ánimo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «El sentido de la futilidad de los asuntos mundanos, unido a un profundo sentimiento religioso, actúan como frenos efectivos a la constitución de una tradición científica (Roche, 1975 y 1976b)».
  2. «Pero no toda mi vida ha tenido sinsabores, porque en los ojos puros y brillantes de una mujer conocí “el amor”. Y este extraño sentimiento que inunda el alma y estremece al cuerpo, pronto se convirtió en una inseparable cadena de ideas, caricias y pasión que, hasta ahora nos mantiene unidos junto a nuestro fruto: mi hijo de 3 años».

Synonyms

apreciaciónemociónsensaciónsensibilidadafectoafectividadsentir

This word in other languages

feeling(English)sentiment(Français)Gefühl(Deutsch)sentimento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • centimiento
  • esntimiento
  • senitmiento
  • senntimiento
  • sentiimento
  • sentimeinto
  • sentimiennto
  • sentimienot
  • sentimientto
  • sentimietno
  • sentimineto
  • sentimmiento
  • sentmiiento
  • senttimiento
  • setnimiento
  • snetimiento
  • ssentimiento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentimiento - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

centimiento1esntimiento2senitmiento2senntimiento1sentiimento2sentimeinto2sentimiennto1sentimienot2
Edit distance from "sentimiento"

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 "sentimiento"?
"sentimiento" is spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-I-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽn̪t̪iˈmjẽn̪t̪o].
What does "sentimiento" mean?
As a noun, "sentimiento" means: Acción o efecto de sentir o de sentirse.
What words are commonly confused with "sentimiento"?
"sentimiento" is commonly confused with "sentimientos", "seguimiento". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentimiento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentimiento" is [sẽn̪t̪iˈmjẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentimiento" come from?
"sentimiento" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

situaciones#2,134periodistas#2,127disposición#2,111considerado#2,155

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

establecer17 variantscomerciales17 variantsfundamental17 variantsdiferencias17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list