sientas

/[ˈsjẽn̪t̪as]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,829

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sientas is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de sentar. Pronounced [ˈsjẽn̪t̪as]. It ranks #6,829 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with siento and siente.

Key facts for sientas
PropertyValue
Headwordsientas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈsjẽn̪t̪as]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,829
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sientas is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsjẽn̪t̪as]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,829 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for sientas, with forms such as "cientas", "isentas", and "seintas". 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, "siento", "siente", "siesta", 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 sientas, spelled S-I-E-N-T-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de sentar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de sentir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cientas,isentas,seintas,sienats,sienntas,sientass,sientsa,sienttas,sietnas,sinetas,ssientas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sientas

Misspelling Variants of "sientas"

cientas7isentas7seintas7sienats7sienntas8sientass8sientsa7sienttas8
Misspelling Variants of "sientas"

Frequency rank: #6,829 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sientas"?
"sientas" is spelled S-I-E-N-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsjẽn̪t̪as].
What does "sientas" mean?
As a verb, "sientas" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de sentar.
What words are commonly confused with "sientas"?
"sientas" 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 "sientas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sientas" is [ˈsjẽn̪t̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sientas" come from?
"sientas" 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.