sentado

/sẽ.ˈta.du/

//sẽ.ˈta.du// adj

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The verdict

“sentado” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,147. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,147
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se sentou

Corpus desk

Index PT-sentado · sentado · Portuguese

sentado · rank #5,147 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,147
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sobrinho

Nearest frequency peer: sobrinho (+2 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 “sentado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sentado” 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).

sentado vs sentar
71% similar
sentado vs sertão
57% similar
sentado vs sentido
86% similar

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

Key facts for sentado
PropertyValue
Headwordsentado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/sẽ.ˈta.du/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,147
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sentado”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sentadocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sobrinho” (#5,149), “sucedido” (#5,152), “regularmente” (#5,141). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sentado” fica em #5,147. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sentado (IPA /sẽ.ˈta.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,147 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentado, with forms such as "esntado", "senatdo", and "senntado". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sentar", "sertão", "sentido", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is sentado, spelled S-E-N-T-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se sentou
  2. 2
    que tomou assento
  3. 3
    que se pôs em assento

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esntado
  • senatdo
  • senntado
  • sentaddo
  • sentaod
  • sentdao
  • senttado
  • setnado
  • snetado
  • ssentado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esntado2senatdo2senntado1sentaddo1sentaod2sentdao2senttado1setnado2
Edit distance from "sentado"

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 "sentado"?
"sentado" is spelled S-E-N-T-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sẽ.ˈta.du/.
What does "sentado" mean?
As an adjective, "sentado" means: que se sentou
What words are commonly confused with "sentado"?
"sentado" is commonly confused with "sentar", "sertão", "sentido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentado" is /sẽ.ˈta.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentado" come from?
"sentado" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

acabado#5,157racismo#5,137possuir#5,128haveria#5,104

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

fracasso10 variantsextremo10 variantsestresse10 variantsvoltado10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list