Semana Santa
/sɨˈmɜnˈsɜ̃tɜ/
The verdict
“Semana Santa” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - período de dias entre o Domingo de Ramos (entre 15 de março e 18 de abril) e o Sábado de Aleluia/Sábado Santo (entre 21 de março e 24 de abril), sendo a última semana da Quaresma
Corpus desk
Index PT-semana-santa · Semana Santa · Portuguese
Semana Santa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Semana Santa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /sɨˈmɜnˈsɜ̃tɜ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Semana Santa” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Semana Santa is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed /sɨˈmɜnˈsɜ̃tɜ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "período de dias entre o Domingo de Ramos (entre 15 de março e 18 de abril) e o Sábado de Aleluia/Sábado Santo (entre 21 de março e 24 de abril), sendo a última semana da Quaresma".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Semana Santa in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Semana Santa, spelled S-E-M-A-N-A- -S-A-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1período de dias entre o Domingo de Ramos (entre 15 de março e 18 de abril) e o Sábado de Aleluia/Sábado Santo (entre 21 de março e 24 de abril), sendo a última semana da Quaresma
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