enseada

/ẽ.ˈsja.dɐ/

//ẽ.ˈsja.dɐ// noun

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The verdict

“enseada” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,648
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reentrância da costa bem aberta em direção ao mar, com uma pequena penetração dele

Corpus desk

Index PT-enseada · enseada · Portuguese

enseada · rank #25,648 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,648
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH enunciado

Nearest frequency peer: enunciado (+3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “enseada”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “enseada” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

enseada vs espada
71% similar
enseada vs escada
71% similar
enseada vs enxada
71% similar

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

Key facts for enseada
PropertyValue
Headwordenseada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ẽ.ˈsja.dɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,648
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “enseada”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).enseadacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “enunciado” (#25,651), “empreender” (#25,643), “embalar” (#25,642). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “enseada” fica em #25,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around enseada (IPA /ẽ.ˈsja.dɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,648 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "reentrância da costa bem aberta em direção ao mar, com uma pequena penetração dele".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for enseada, with forms such as "enesada", "ennseada", and "ensaeda". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "espada", "escada", "enxada", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is enseada, spelled E-N-S-E-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    reentrância da costa bem aberta em direção ao mar, com uma pequena penetração dele

Synonyms

baíarecôncavo

This word in other languages

cove(English)ensenada(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enesada
  • ennseada
  • ensaeda
  • enseaad
  • enseadda
  • ensedaa
  • ensseada
  • esneada
  • neseada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enseada - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

enesada2ennseada1ensaeda2enseaad2enseadda1ensedaa2ensseada1esneada2
Edit distance from "enseada"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enseada"?
"enseada" is spelled E-N-S-E-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ẽ.ˈsja.dɐ/.
What does "enseada" mean?
As a noun, "enseada" means: reentrância da costa bem aberta em direção ao mar, com uma pequena penetração dele
What words are commonly confused with "enseada"?
"enseada" is commonly confused with "espada", "escada", "enxada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enseada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enseada" is /ẽ.ˈsja.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enseada" come from?
"enseada" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

jubileu9 variantslevarão9 variantsbiópsia9 variantsapólice9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list