senha

/ˈsɐj.ɲɐ/

//ˈsɐj.ɲɐ// noun

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The verdict

“senha” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,940
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sinal ou gesto previamente combinado

Corpus desk

Index PT-senha · senha · Portuguese

senha · rank #3,940 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,940
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH preservação

Nearest frequency peer: preservação (-6 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “senha”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “senha” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

senha vs será
40% similar
senha vs seta
60% similar
senha vs seno
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for senha
PropertyValue
Headwordsenha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɐj.ɲɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,940
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “senha”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).senhacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “preservação” (#3,934), “play” (#3,929), “abraço” (#3,952). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “senha” fica em #3,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around senha (IPA /ˈsɐj.ɲɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,940 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for senha, with forms such as "esnha", "sehna", and "senah". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "será", "seta", "seno", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is senha, spelled S-E-N-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    sinal ou gesto previamente combinado
  2. 2
    palavra secreta previamente convencionada entre duas partes como forma de reconhecimento
  3. 3
    recibo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how senha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A máfia dos sanguessugas tinha as senhas individuais de acesso ao orçamento de pelo menos 11 parlamentares.

Synonyms

palavra-chave

This word in other languages

password(English)contraseña(Español)mot de passe(Français)Kennwort(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esnha
  • sehna
  • senah
  • senhha
  • sennha
  • sneha
  • ssenha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of senha - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esnha2sehna2senah2senhha1sennha1sneha2ssenha1
Edit distance from "senha"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "senha"?
"senha" is spelled S-E-N-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɐj.ɲɐ/.
What does "senha" mean?
As a noun, "senha" means: sinal ou gesto previamente combinado
What words are commonly confused with "senha"?
"senha" is commonly confused with "será", "seta", "seno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "senha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "senha" is /ˈsɐj.ɲɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "senha" come from?
"senha" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "senha", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parto#3,925Goiás#3,907diabo#3,894ficha#3,988

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

abraço7 variantscobre7 variantspedaço7 variantssalvo7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list