# senão

> Portuguese word · Conjunction · IPA /sɨ.ˈnɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #3,044

## Definitions
1. em caso contrário
2. mas sim; e sim; mas, porém

## Easily confused with
- **será** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-sera)
- **sexo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-sexo)
- **sono** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-sono)
- **seta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-seta)
- **send** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-send)
- **snap** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-snap)
- **seno** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-seno)
- **sério** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-serio)
- **serão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-serao)
- **sonho** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-sonho)
- **senti** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-senti)
- **senso** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-senso)
- **senha** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-senha)
- **sexto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-sexto)
- **Sudão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-sudao)
- **servo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-servo)
- **simão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-simao)
- **serás** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-seras)
- **sense** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-sense)
- **sótão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-sotao)

## Common misspellings (6)
`esnão`, `sennão`, `senoã`, `seãno`, `sneão`, `ssenão`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/senao