sentado

//sẽ.ˈta.du// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,147

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

sentado is anPortugueseadj. It means: que se sentou Pronounced /sẽ.ˈta.du/. It ranks #5,147 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with sentar and sertão.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sentado in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sentado is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sẽ.ˈta.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,147 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for sentado, with forms such as "esntado", "senatdo", and "senntado". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is sentado, spelled S-E-N-T-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sentado

Misspelling Variants of "sentado"

esntado7senatdo7senntado8sentaddo8sentaod7sentdao7senttado8setnado7
Misspelling Variants of "sentado"

Frequency rank: #5,147 in Portuguese

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 adj, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.