sentir

\sɑ̃.tiʁ\

/\sɑ̃.tiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“sentir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,756. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,756
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recevoir quelque impression par le moyen des sens, éprouver en soi quelque chose d’agréable ou de pénible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sentir · sentir · French

sentir · rank #1,756 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,756
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH répond

Nearest frequency peer: répond (-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 « sentir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sentir » 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).

sentir vs Sétif
33% similar
sentir vs sévir
50% similar
sentir vs sortir
67% similar

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

Key facts for sentir
PropertyValue
Headwordsentir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɑ̃.tiʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,756
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sentir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sentirse 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 « répond » (#1,755), « sourire » (#1,757), « réduire » (#1,754). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sentir » est au #1,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sentir (IPA \sɑ̃.tiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,756 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 16 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentir, with forms such as "esntir", "senitr", and "senntir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sétif", "sévir", "sortir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sentir, spelled S-E-N-T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recevoir quelque impression par le moyen des sens, éprouver en soi quelque chose d’agréable ou de pénible.
  2. 2
    Action qui résulte de l’utilisation de son odorat.
  3. 3
    Action qui résulte de l’utilisation du toucher.
  4. 4
    Avoir une impression, ressentir.
  5. 5
    Être ému, touché, affecté de quelque chose d’extérieur.
  6. 6
    Avoir un sentiment, aimer, être disposé à aimer.
  7. 7
    Discerner, connaître directement, par intuition.
  8. 8
    Flairer.
  9. 9
    Avec la négation, avoir de la répugnance, de l’aversion.
  10. 10
    Exhaler, répandre une certaine odeur.
  11. 11
    S’emploie absolument dans cette acception avec les mots bon, mauvais, fort, etc.
  12. 12
    Exhaler une mauvaise odeur, puer.
  13. 13
    Avoir du goût, de la saveur, en parlant d’un aliment ou d’une boisson.
  14. 14
    Avoir le caractère, les manières, l’air, l’apparence de.
  15. 15
    à propos du climat.
  16. 16
    Connaître, percevoir en quel état, en quelle disposition on est.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sentir le chaud, le froid.
  2. Je sentais battre mon cœur.

Synonyms

humertoucher

This word in other languages

feel(English)sentir(Español)riechen(Deutsch)experimentar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esntir
  • senitr
  • senntir
  • sentirr
  • sentri
  • senttir
  • setnir
  • snetir
  • ssentir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esntir2senitr2senntir1sentirr1sentri2senttir1setnir2snetir2
Edit distance from "sentir"

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 "sentir"?
"sentir" is spelled S-E-N-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.tiʁ\.
What does "sentir" mean?
As a verb, "sentir" means: Recevoir quelque impression par le moyen des sens, éprouver en soi quelque chose d’agréable ou de pénible.
What words are commonly confused with "sentir"?
"sentir" is commonly confused with "Sétif", "sévir", "sortir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentir" is \sɑ̃.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentir" come from?
"sentir" 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 "sentir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

répond#1,755quitte#1,752alcool#1,761parles#1,750

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

sourire9 variantscartes9 variantsfleurs9 variantslancer9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list