sector

//sɛˈk.toɾ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,119

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

sector is aPortuguesenoun. It means: cada uma das divisões das bancadas numa praça de touros Pronounced /sɛˈk.toɾ/. It ranks #6,119 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with setor and sexto.

Key facts for sector
PropertyValue
Headwordsector
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɛˈk.toɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,119
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sector in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sector is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɛˈk.toɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,119 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "cada uma das divisões das bancadas numa praça de touros".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for sector, with forms such as "esctor", "scetor", and "secctor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "setor", "sexto", "señor", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is sector, spelled S-E-C-T-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    cada uma das divisões das bancadas numa praça de touros

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esctor,scetor,secctor,secotr,sectorr,sectro,secttor,setcor,ssector

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sector

Misspelling Variants of "sector"

esctor6scetor6secctor7secotr6sectorr7sectro6secttor7setcor6
Misspelling Variants of "sector"

Frequency rank: #6,119 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sector"?
"sector" is spelled S-E-C-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /sɛˈk.toɾ/.
What does "sector" mean?
As a noun, "sector" means: cada uma das divisões das bancadas numa praça de touros
What words are commonly confused with "sector"?
"sector" is commonly confused with "setor", "sexto", "señor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sector"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sector" is /sɛˈk.toɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sector" come from?
"sector" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.