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“seguido” and “sentido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,051
“seguido” frequency rank
#395
“sentido” frequency rank
2446
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seguido sentido
Definition Continuado. Que manifiesta un sentimiento o lo contiene.

Where the eye mixes seguido and sentido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
seguido
7 ch
sentido

Look-alike desk: seguido vs sentido

A purely visual mix-up. seguido ([seˈɣ̞ið̞o]) and sentido ([sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seguido is recorded at frequency rank #2,051, classified as anadj, pronounced [seˈɣ̞ið̞o]. sentido is at rank #395, tagged as anadj, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 2446, this pair ranks #320,313 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of seguido vs sentido

Shared letters: deios. Private to "seguido": gu. Private to "sentido": nt.

"seguido" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "sentido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • seguidoceguido · esguido · segguido · segiudo · segudio · seguiddo · seguiod · seugido
  • sentidocentido · esntido · senitdo · senntido · sentdio · sentiddo · sentiod · senttido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "seguido" and "sentido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([seˈɣ̞ið̞o] versus [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "seguido" or "sentido" show up more?
"sentido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #395 in our Spanish list, against #2,051 for "seguido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "seguido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sentido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #320,313 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seguido" and "sentido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seguido vs seguire". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #320,313 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list