semente
/sɨ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“semente” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,763 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,763
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - grão ou parte do fruto com o embrião em estado de vida latente
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 | semente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɨ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “semente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for semente is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɨ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,763 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for semente, with forms such as "esmente", "seemnte", and "semenet". 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. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "somente", "setenta", "serpente", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is semente, spelled S-E-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1grão ou parte do fruto com o embrião em estado de vida latente
- 2gérmen; causa; origem
- 3sêmen, esperma
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esmente,seemnte,semenet,semennte,sementte,semetne,semmente,semnete,smeente,ssemente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of semente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “semente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɨ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “somente” - see the side-by-side comparison. semente vs somente
- 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.