sempre

//ˈsẽ.pɾɨ// adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#98

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

sempre is anPortugueseadv. It means: em todo tempo Pronounced /ˈsẽ.pɾɨ/. It ranks #98 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with siempre.

Key facts for sempre
PropertyValue
Headwordsempre
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
IPA/ˈsẽ.pɾɨ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#98
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sempre is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsẽ.pɾɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #98 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "em todo tempo".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for sempre, with forms such as "esmpre", "semmpre", and "semper". 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, "siempre", 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 sempre, spelled S-E-M-P-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    em todo tempo

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esmpre,semmpre,semper,semppre,semprre,semrpe,sepmre,smepre,ssempre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sempre

Misspelling Variants of "sempre"

esmpre6semmpre7semper6semppre7semprre7semrpe6sepmre6smepre6
Misspelling Variants of "sempre"

Frequency rank: #98 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sempre"?
"sempre" is spelled S-E-M-P-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsẽ.pɾɨ/.
What does "sempre" mean?
As an adv, "sempre" means: em todo tempo
What words are commonly confused with "sempre"?
"sempre" is commonly confused with "siempre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sempre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sempre" is /ˈsẽ.pɾɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sempre" come from?
"sempre" 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.