sedimentar
/sɨ.di.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“sedimentar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #39,851 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #39,851
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo a sedimento
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sedimentar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /sɨ.di.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #39,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sedimentar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sedimentar is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɨ.di.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,851 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "relativo a sedimento".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sedimentar, with forms such as "esdimentar", "sdeimentar", and "seddimentar". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is sedimentar, spelled S-E-D-I-M-E-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1relativo a sedimento
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esdimentar,sdeimentar,seddimentar,sediemntar,sedimenatr,sedimenntar,sedimentarr,sedimentra,sedimenttar,sedimetnar,sedimmentar,sedimnetar,sedmientar,seidmentar,ssedimentar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sedimentar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “sedimentar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-D-I-M-E-N-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɨ.di.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.