sentimental
/zɛntimɛnˈtaːl/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“sentimental” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,345 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #11,345
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sentimental
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sentimental |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /zɛntimɛnˈtaːl/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #11,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sentimental” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sentimental is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /zɛntimɛnˈtaːl/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Corpus data places it at rank #11,345 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sentimental".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentimental, with forms such as "esntimental", "senitmental", and "senntimental". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sentimento", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is sentimental, spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1sentimental
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esntimental,senitmental,senntimental,sentiemntal,sentimenatl,sentimenntal,sentimentall,sentimentla,sentimenttal,sentimetnal,sentimmental,sentimnetal,sentmiental,senttimental,setnimental,snetimental,ssentimental
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentimental - 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.
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.
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Using “sentimental”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /zɛntimɛnˈtaːl/ ouvir^(fonte ?) (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sentimento” - see the side-by-side comparison. sentimental vs sentimento
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.