seda

/"se.d6/

//"se.d6// noun

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The verdict

“seda” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,958. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,958
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância filamentosa segregada pelo bicho-da-seda

Corpus desk

Index PT-seda · seda · Portuguese

seda · rank #8,958 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,958
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sena

Nearest frequency peer: sena (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “seda”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “seda” 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).

seda vs ser
50% similar
seda vs seu
50% similar
seda vs sua
50% similar

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

Key facts for seda
PropertyValue
Headwordseda
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/"se.d6/
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,958
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “seda”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sedacai 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 “sena” (#8,959), “sexualmente” (#8,961), “she” (#8,962). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “seda” fica em #8,958. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around seda (IPA /"se.d6/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,958 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for seda, with forms such as "esda", "sdea", and "sead". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ser", "seu", "sua", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is seda, spelled S-E-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    substância filamentosa segregada pelo bicho-da-seda
  2. 2
    tecido feito dessa substância
  3. 3
    papel finíssimo, normalmente engomado, usado para confecção de cigarrinhos de cânhamo
  4. 4
    filamento áspero dos invólucros florais das gramíneas
  5. 5
    pelos ásperos e compridos de alguns animais; o mesmo que cerdas
  6. 6
    pessoa exageradamente sensível

This word in other languages

silk(English)seda(Español)soie(Français)Seide(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esda
  • sdea
  • sead
  • sedda
  • sseda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esda2sdea2sead2sedda1sseda1
Edit distance from "seda"

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 "seda"?
"seda" is spelled S-E-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /"se.d6/.
What does "seda" mean?
As a noun, "seda" means: substância filamentosa segregada pelo bicho-da-seda
What words are commonly confused with "seda"?
"seda" is commonly confused with "ser", "seu", "sua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seda" is /"se.d6/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seda" come from?
"seda" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sena#8,959name#8,931Karl#8,917jura#8,916

Similar misspelling depth

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

cano5 variantsever5 variantslapa5 variantságuia5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list