sentem

verb

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The verdict

“sentem” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,806
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo sentir

Corpus desk

Index PT-sentem · sentem · Portuguese

sentem · rank #2,806 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,806
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH seca

Nearest frequency peer: seca (-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 “sentem”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sentem” 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).

sentem vs sete
67% similar
sentem vs serem
67% similar
sentem vs senti
67% similar

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

Key facts for sentem
PropertyValue
Headwordsentem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,806
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sentem”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).sentemcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “seca” (#2,805), “supremo” (#2,807), “representação” (#2,802). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sentem” fica em #2,806. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sentem, averb. Corpus frequency is #2,806 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 sentem, with forms such as "esntem", "senetm", and "senntem". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sete", "serem", "senti", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is sentem, spelled S-E-N-T-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo sentir
  2. 2
    terceira pessoa do plural do presente do modo subjuntivo do verbo sentar
  3. 3
    terceira pessoa do plural do imperativo afirmativo do verbo sentar
  4. 4
    terceira pessoa do plural do imperativo negativo do verbo sentar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Já se sentem no Céu, por toda a parte,

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esntem
  • senetm
  • senntem
  • sentemm
  • sentme
  • senttem
  • setnem
  • snetem
  • ssentem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentem - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esntem2senetm2senntem1sentemm1sentme2senttem1setnem2snetem2
Edit distance from "sentem"

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 "sentem"?
"sentem" is spelled S-E-N-T-E-M.
What does "sentem" mean?
As a verb, "sentem" means: terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo sentir
What words are commonly confused with "sentem"?
"sentem" is commonly confused with "sete", "serem", "senti". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sentem" come from?
"sentem" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

índice#2,814provar#2,795atacar#2,818nesses#2,783

Similar misspelling depth

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

cadeira9 variantsmarcar9 variantsanúncio9 variantsRobert9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list