semente

//sɨ.ˈmẽ.tɨ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,763

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

semente is aPortuguesenoun. It means: grão ou parte do fruto com o embrião em estado de vida latente Pronounced /sɨ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. It ranks #9,763 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with somente and setenta.

Key facts for semente
PropertyValue
Headwordsemente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɨ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,763
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of semente in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for semente is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for semente, with forms such as "esmente", "seemnte", and "semenet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "somente", "setenta", "serpente", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is semente, spelled S-E-M-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grão ou parte do fruto com o embrião em estado de vida latente
  2. 2
    gérmen; causa; origem
  3. 3
    sêmen, esperma

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esmente,seemnte,semenet,semennte,sementte,semetne,semmente,semnete,smeente,ssemente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for semente

Misspelling Variants of "semente"

esmente7seemnte7semenet7semennte8sementte8semetne7semmente8semnete7
Misspelling Variants of "semente"

Frequency rank: #9,763 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "semente"?
"semente" is spelled S-E-M-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/.
What does "semente" mean?
As a noun, "semente" means: grão ou parte do fruto com o embrião em estado de vida latente
What words are commonly confused with "semente"?
"semente" is commonly confused with "somente", "setenta", "serpente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "semente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "semente" is /sɨ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "semente" come from?
"semente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.