sientan

[ˈsjẽn̪t̪ãn]

/[ˈsjẽn̪t̪ãn]/ verb

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The verdict

“sientan” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,233. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,233
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sentar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sientan · sientan · Spanish

sientan · rank #7,233 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,233
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH señoras

Nearest frequency peer: señoras (-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 “sientan”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sientan” 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).

sientan vs siento
71% similar
sientan vs siente
71% similar
sientan vs siesta
71% similar

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

Key facts for sientan
PropertyValue
Headwordsientan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈsjẽn̪t̪ãn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,233
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sientan”

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “señoras” (#7,232), “terminamos” (#7,234), “setenta” (#7,231). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sientan” va en #7,233. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sientan (IPA [ˈsjẽn̪t̪ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,233 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sientan, with forms such as "cientan", "isentan", and "seintan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "siento", "siente", "siesta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 sientan, spelled S-I-E-N-T-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sentar.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de sentir.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de sentir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cientan
  • isentan
  • seintan
  • sienatn
  • sienntan
  • sientann
  • sientna
  • sienttan
  • sietnan
  • sinetan
  • ssientan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sientan - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cientan1isentan2seintan2sienatn2sienntan1sientann1sientna2sienttan1
Edit distance from "sientan"

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 "sientan"?
"sientan" is spelled S-I-E-N-T-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsjẽn̪t̪ãn].
What does "sientan" mean?
As a verb, "sientan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sentar.
What words are commonly confused with "sientan"?
"sientan" is commonly confused with "siento", "siente", "siesta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sientan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sientan" is [ˈsjẽn̪t̪ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sientan" come from?
"sientan" 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 "sientan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

señoras#7,232setenta#7,231tristes#7,237rápidos#7,228

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

ámbitos11 variantsranking11 variantsbloques11 variantsparecían11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list