semana
/sɨ.ˈmɐ.nɐ/
The verdict
“semana” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #230. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #230
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - período de sete dias, com um dia de feriado de cunho religioso: sábado para os judeus, domingo para os cristãos e sexta-feira para os muçulmanos
Corpus desk
Index PT-semana · semana · Portuguese
semana · rank #230 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #230
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH final
Nearest frequency peer: final (-2 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 “semana”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- fim
fim
99,774 corpus weight
- final
final
99,773 corpus weight
- semana
semana
99,771 corpus weight
- hora
hora
99,769 corpus weight
- jogo
jogo
99,768 corpus weight
- num
num
99,767 corpus weight
What this shows “semana” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | semana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɨ.ˈmɐ.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “semana”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around semana (IPA /sɨ.ˈmɐ.nɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #230 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "período de sete dias, com um dia de feriado de cunho religioso: sábado para os judeus, domingo para os cristãos e sexta-feira para os muçulmanos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for semana, with forms such as "esmana", "seamna", and "semaan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sena", "semita", "semanal", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is semana, spelled S-E-M-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1período de sete dias, com um dia de feriado de cunho religioso: sábado para os judeus, domingo para os cristãos e sexta-feira para os muçulmanos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how semana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A semana é composta de dias comerciais ou dias úteis, de segunda a sexta, quando pessoas trabalham ou estudam, e de um final de semana, quando elas normalmente descansam.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esmana
- seamna
- semaan
- semanna
- semmana
- semnaa
- smeana
- ssemana
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of semana - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).