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
1,185
“S” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tempo propício, adequado, para semear

Corpus desk

Index PT-sa · sã · Portuguese

sã · rank #17,153 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,153
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sátira

Nearest frequency peer: sátira (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “sã”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “sã” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

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)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “sã”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sãcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sátira” (#17,152), “suaves” (#17,150), “sistematicamente” (#17,145). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sã” fica em #17,153. 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 1,185 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "A bêbera tem duas sãs"
  2. "As andorinhas ciam duas sãs ou mais"

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list