sejais

/se.ˈʒajs/

//se.ˈʒajs// verb

The verdict

“sejais” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,999 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,999
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - segunda pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo do verbo ser

Corpus desk

Index PT-sejais · sejais · Portuguese

sejais · rank #56,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,999
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sertã

Nearest frequency peer: sertã (+6 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “sejais”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sejais” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sejais
PropertyValue
Headwordsejais
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/se.ˈʒajs/
Letters6
Frequency rank#56,999
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sejais” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sejaiscai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “sertã” (#57,005), “sette” (#57,007), “sonambulismo” (#57,017). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sejais” fica em #56,999. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sejais is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,999 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /se.ˈʒajs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "segunda pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo do verbo ser".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sejais, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists 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 sejais, spelled S-E-J-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    segunda pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo do verbo ser

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 "sejais"?
"sejais" is spelled S-E-J-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is /se.ˈʒajs/.
What does "sejais" mean?
As a verb, "sejais" means: segunda pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo do verbo ser
How do you pronounce "sejais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sejais" is /se.ˈʒajs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sejais" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list