senho

adj

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The verdict

“senho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,199 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,199
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cada um a sua, ou cada um o seu; o seu respetivo

Key facts for senho
PropertyValue
Headwordsenho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#96,199
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “senho” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). senho lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

senho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,199 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cada um a sua, ou cada um o seu; o seu respetivo".

senho doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is senho, spelled S-E-N-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    cada um a sua, ou cada um o seu; o seu respetivo

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 "senho"?
"senho" is spelled S-E-N-H-O.
What does "senho" mean?
As an adjective, "senho" means: cada um a sua, ou cada um o seu; o seu respetivo
What language does "senho" come from?
"senho" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “senho”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-N-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list