siente

/[ˈsjẽn̪t̪e]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,257

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

siente is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de sentar. Pronounced [ˈsjẽn̪t̪e]. It ranks #1,257 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with site and sine.

Key facts for siente
PropertyValue
Headwordsiente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈsjẽn̪t̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,257
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for siente is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsjẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,257 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for siente, with forms such as "ciente", "isente", and "seinte". 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, "site", "sine", "siete", 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 siente, spelled S-I-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de sentar.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de sentar.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de sentar.
  4. 4
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sentir.
  5. 5
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de sentir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ciente,isente,seinte,sienet,siennte,sientte,sietne,sinete,ssiente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for siente

Misspelling Variants of "siente"

ciente6isente6seinte6sienet6siennte7sientte7sietne6sinete6
Misspelling Variants of "siente"

Frequency rank: #1,257 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "siente"?
"siente" is spelled S-I-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsjẽn̪t̪e].
What does "siente" mean?
As a verb, "siente" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de sentar.
What words are commonly confused with "siente"?
"siente" is commonly confused with "site", "sine", "siete". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "siente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "siente" is [ˈsjẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "siente" come from?
"siente" 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.