sentido

/sẽ.ˈti.du/

//sẽ.ˈti.du// adj

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The verdict

“sentido” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#677
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - triste, ressentido, lamentoso, que provoca ou inspira sofrimento ou piedade

Corpus desk

Index PT-sentido · sentido · Portuguese

sentido · rank #677 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #677
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sexo

Nearest frequency peer: sexo (+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 “sentido”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sentido” 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).

sentido vs sentir
71% similar
sentido vs sétimo
57% similar
sentido vs senti
71% similar

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

Key facts for sentido
PropertyValue
Headwordsentido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/sẽ.ˈti.du/
Letters7
Frequency rank#677
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sentido”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).sentidocai 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 “sexo” (#678), “on” (#675), “tecnologia” (#679). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sentido” fica em #677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sentido (IPA /sẽ.ˈti.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #677 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 sentido, with forms such as "esntido", "senitdo", and "senntido". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "sentir", "sétimo", "senti", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sentido, spelled S-E-N-T-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    triste, ressentido, lamentoso, que provoca ou inspira sofrimento ou piedade
  2. 2
    pessoa que se ofende fácil; melindroso; sensível
  3. 3
    meio podre, que está em princípio de decomposição

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. um choro sentido

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esntido
  • senitdo
  • senntido
  • sentdio
  • sentiddo
  • sentiod
  • senttido
  • setnido
  • snetido
  • ssentido

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentido - 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.

esntido2senitdo2senntido1sentdio2sentiddo1sentiod2senttido1setnido2
Edit distance from "sentido"

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 "sentido"?
"sentido" is spelled S-E-N-T-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sẽ.ˈti.du/.
What does "sentido" mean?
As an adjective, "sentido" means: triste, ressentido, lamentoso, que provoca ou inspira sofrimento ou piedade
What words are commonly confused with "sentido"?
"sentido" is commonly confused with "sentir", "sétimo", "senti". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentido" is /sẽ.ˈti.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentido" come from?
"sentido" 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 "sentido", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

decisão#669central#666vontade#692colocar#696

Similar misspelling depth

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

palavra10 variantssomente10 variantsdizendo10 variantstradução10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list