sã

noun

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The verdict

“sã” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,153) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#17,153
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tempo propício, adequado, para semear

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sã vs se
50% similar
sã vs só
50% similar
sã vs si
50% similar

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

Key facts for sã
PropertyValue
Headwordsã
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters2
Frequency rank#17,153
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sã” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sã lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for sã is neighbouring look-alikes ("se", "só", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #17,153 among 2,603 “S” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sã, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "se", "só", "si", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is sã, spelled S-Ã.

Definition

  1. 1
    tempo propício, adequado, para semear
  2. 2
    cada um dos vários períodos de sementeira que uma cultura pode ter
  3. 3
    época de frutificação
  4. 4
    cada uma das ninhadas que um casal de aves tem
  5. 5
    ninhada, conjunto de crias

Synonyms

sazão

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 "sã"?
"sã" is spelled S-Ã.
What does "sã" mean?
As a noun, "sã" means: tempo propício, adequado, para semear
What words are commonly confused with "sã"?
"sã" is commonly confused with "se", "só", "si". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sã" come from?
"sã" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Using “sã”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-Ã - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “se” - see the side-by-side comparison. sã vs se
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Words at a similar Portuguese frequency

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list