sentar

verb

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The verdict

“sentar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,587. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,587
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - colocar em assento

Corpus desk

Index PT-sentar · sentar · Portuguese

sentar · rank #3,587 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,587
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH saudável

Nearest frequency peer: saudável (-1 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 “sentar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sentar” 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).

sentar vs star
67% similar
sentar vs seta
67% similar
sentar vs sexta
67% similar

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

Key facts for sentar
PropertyValue
Headwordsentar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,587
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sentar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sentarcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “saudável” (#3,586), “sentença” (#3,588), “riqueza” (#3,585). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sentar” fica em #3,587. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sentar, averb. Corpus frequency is #3,587 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentar, with forms such as "esntar", "senatr", and "senntar". 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, "star", "seta", "sexta", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sentar, spelled S-E-N-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    colocar em assento
  2. 2
    assentar
  3. 3
    tomar assento; assentar-se
  4. 4
    golpear, agredir usando de, fazer ir contra chocando-se

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Senta-lhe a bolacha.

This word in other languages

sit(English)sentar(Español)sitzen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esntar
  • senatr
  • senntar
  • sentarr
  • sentra
  • senttar
  • setnar
  • snetar
  • ssentar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

esntar2senatr2senntar1sentarr1sentra2senttar1setnar2snetar2
Edit distance from "sentar"

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 "sentar"?
"sentar" is spelled S-E-N-T-A-R.
What does "sentar" mean?
As a verb, "sentar" means: colocar em assento
What words are commonly confused with "sentar"?
"sentar" is commonly confused with "star", "seta", "sexta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sentar" come from?
"sentar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reunir#3,584oceano#3,577avanço#3,600gritar#3,568

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

riqueza9 variantsgravar9 variantsgastar9 variantscarinho9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list