senho
The verdict
“senho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,199 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,199
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cada um a sua, ou cada um o seu; o seu respetivo
Corpus desk
Index PT-senho · senho · Portuguese
senho · rank #96,199 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,199
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH skincare
Nearest frequency peer: skincare (+22 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “senho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- resolutamen…
resolutamente
3,848 corpus weight
- senho
senho
3,802 corpus weight
- skincare
skincare
3,780 corpus weight
- solha
solha
3,770 corpus weight
- spite
spite
3,764 corpus weight
- superclássi…
superclássico
3,754 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “senho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | senho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,199 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “senho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
senho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,199 among 1,185 “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
- 1cada um a sua, ou cada um o seu; o seu respetivo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how senho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Em tal guisa passarom aquel serão ambos os cavaleiros com o ermitam que nom comerom nem beverom. E quando foi ja grande noite deitarom-se a senhas partes, pensando e com gram pesar".
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.
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