sentent

\sɑ̃t\

/\sɑ̃t\/ verb

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The verdict

“sentent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,400
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sentir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sentent · sentent · French

sentent · rank #5,400 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,400
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sincère

Nearest frequency peer: sincère (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sentent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sentent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

sentent vs sentez
71% similar
sentent vs sentes
71% similar
sentent vs servent
71% similar

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

Key facts for sentent
PropertyValue
Headwordsentent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɑ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,400
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sentent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sententse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sincère » (#5,401), « saints » (#5,398), « sincèrement » (#5,402). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sentent » est au #5,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sentent (IPA \sɑ̃t\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,400 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentent, with forms such as "esntent", "senetnt", and "senntent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sentez", "sentes", "servent", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sentent, spelled S-E-N-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sentir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de sentir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sentent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Donc, aujourd’hui, après le départ de ce pendard (il désignait Manfred), je songeais tout doucement à une foule de choses, et déjà j’échafaudais dans ma tête quelque chapitre bien et dûment philosophé à ajouter au livre de Pantagruel, lorsque… mais que diable sentent donc les casseroles de dame Julie ?
  2. Les leaders potentiels se sentent parfois surutilisés, n’ont pas assez de temps pour tout faire et estiment qu’on ne peut leur en demander plus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esntent
  • senetnt
  • senntent
  • sentennt
  • sententt
  • sentetn
  • sentnet
  • senttent
  • setnent
  • snetent
  • ssentent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esntent2senetnt2senntent1sentennt1sententt1sentetn2sentnet2senttent1
Edit distance from "sentent"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sentent"?
"sentent" is spelled S-E-N-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃t\.
What does "sentent" mean?
As a verb, "sentent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sentir.
What words are commonly confused with "sentent"?
"sentent" is commonly confused with "sentez", "sentes", "servent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentent" is \sɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentent" come from?
"sentent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sentent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

sincère#5,401reposer#5,393voulant#5,413poignée#5,382

Similar misspelling depth

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

planche11 variantsapprends11 variantscharger11 variantsconstat11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list