sentir
/sẽ.ˈtiɾ/
The verdict
“sentir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #691. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #691
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - perceber por qualquer dos sentidos
Corpus desk
Index PT-sentir · sentir · Portuguese
sentir · rank #691 · 9 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #691
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH vontade
Nearest frequency peer: vontade (+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 “sentir”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- igreja
igreja
99,313 corpus weight
- longe
longe
99,312 corpus weight
- sentir
sentir
99,310 corpus weight
- vontade
vontade
99,309 corpus weight
- acima
acima
99,308 corpus weight
- atual
atual
99,307 corpus weight
What this shows “sentir” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | sentir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sẽ.ˈtiɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “sentir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sentir (IPA /sẽ.ˈtiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #691 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentir, with forms such as "esntir", "senitr", and "senntir". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "setor", "senti", "señor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is sentir, spelled S-E-N-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1perceber por qualquer dos sentidos
- 2ter a impressão de algo
- 3ouvir
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esntir
- senitr
- senntir
- sentirr
- sentri
- senttir
- setnir
- snetir
- ssentir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sentir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).