sentir

/[sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,157

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sentir is aSpanishverb. It means: Percibir por cualquiera de los sentidos, sobre todo por el tacto. Pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]. It ranks #1,157 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with servir and sintió.

Key facts for sentir
PropertyValue
Headwordsentir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,157
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sentir in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sentir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,157 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for sentir, with forms such as "centir", "esntir", and "senitr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "servir", "sintió", "Sentis", 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 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 sentir, spelled S-E-N-T-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Percibir por cualquiera de los sentidos, sobre todo por el tacto.
  2. 2
    Tener sentimientos, emociones o sensaciones.
  3. 3
    Percibir por medio del oído.
  4. 4
    Prestar atención a lo que se oye.
  5. 5
    Mostrar congoja o arrepentimiento por algo.
  6. 6
    Discernir o conocer por medio de la intuición.
  7. 7
    Tener o formar una opinión o parecer.
  8. 8
    En la ejecución de obras de artes representativas como la recitación, la música o el teatro, dar el sentido adecuado o que corresponde a las intenciones del autor o la autora.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: centir,esntir,senitr,senntir,sentirr,sentri,senttir,setnir,snetir,ssentir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sentir

Misspelling Variants of "sentir"

centir6esntir6senitr6senntir7sentirr7sentri6senttir7setnir6
Misspelling Variants of "sentir"

Frequency rank: #1,157 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sentir"?
"sentir" is spelled S-E-N-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ].
What does "sentir" mean?
As a verb, "sentir" means: Percibir por cualquiera de los sentidos, sobre todo por el tacto.
What words are commonly confused with "sentir"?
"sentir" is commonly confused with "servir", "sintió", "Sentis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentir" is [sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentir" come from?
"sentir" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.