seminário

/[se.miˈna.ɾɪ.u]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,856

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

seminário is aPortuguesenoun. It means: estabelecimento de ensino onde se preparam candidatos para o sacerdócio Pronounced [se.miˈna.ɾɪ.u]. It ranks #4,856 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with semanário.

Key facts for seminário
PropertyValue
Headwordseminário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA[se.miˈna.ɾɪ.u]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,856
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for seminário is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [se.miˈna.ɾɪ.u]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,856 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for seminário, with forms such as "esminário", "seimnário", and "seminnário". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "semanário", 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 seminário, spelled S-E-M-I-N-Á-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    estabelecimento de ensino onde se preparam candidatos para o sacerdócio
  2. 2
    reunião de estudos a respeito de determinado assunto
  3. 3
    viveiro de plântulas, lugar onde são semeadas para logo ser transplantadas

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esminário,seimnário,seminnário,seminráio,semináiro,seminároi,seminárrio,semiánrio,semminário,semniário,smeinário,sseminário

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for seminário

Misspelling Variants of "seminário"

esminário9seimnário9seminnário10seminráio9semináiro9seminároi9seminárrio10semiánrio9
Misspelling Variants of "seminário"

Frequency rank: #4,856 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seminário"?
"seminário" is spelled S-E-M-I-N-Á-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [se.miˈna.ɾɪ.u].
What does "seminário" mean?
As a noun, "seminário" means: estabelecimento de ensino onde se preparam candidatos para o sacerdócio
What words are commonly confused with "seminário"?
"seminário" is commonly confused with "semanário". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seminário"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seminário" is [se.miˈna.ɾɪ.u]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seminário" come from?
"seminário" 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.