sequestro

/sɨ.ˈkɛʃ.tɾu/

//sɨ.ˈkɛʃ.tɾu// noun

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The verdict

“sequestro” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,685. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,685
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de sequestrar

Corpus desk

Index PT-sequestro · sequestro · Portuguese

sequestro · rank #8,685 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,685
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH secar

Nearest frequency peer: secar (-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 “sequestro”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sequestro” 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).

sequestro vs sequestrado
82% similar

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

Key facts for sequestro
PropertyValue
Headwordsequestro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɨ.ˈkɛʃ.tɾu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,685
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sequestro”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “secar” (#8,684), “simpático” (#8,686), “sacerdote” (#8,683). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sequestro” fica em #8,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sequestro (IPA /sɨ.ˈkɛʃ.tɾu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,685 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sequestro, with forms such as "esquestro", "seqeustro", and "seqquestro". 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, "sequestrado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 sequestro, spelled S-E-Q-U-E-S-T-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de sequestrar
  2. 2
    aquilo que foi sequestrado
  3. 3
    crime que consite em privar alguém de sua liberdade, retendo-o em local afastado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O fim do sequestro dos militares era uma exigência dos governos da Turquia, dos EUA, do Iraque e da região autônoma do Curdistão.

This word in other languages

kidnapping(English)secuestro(Español)séquestration(Français)Entführung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esquestro
  • seqeustro
  • seqquestro
  • sequesrto
  • sequesstro
  • sequestor
  • sequestrro
  • sequesttro
  • sequetsro
  • sequsetro
  • seuqestro
  • sqeuestro
  • ssequestro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sequestro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esquestro2seqeustro2seqquestro1sequesrto2sequesstro1sequestor2sequestrro1sequesttro1
Edit distance from "sequestro"

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 "sequestro"?
"sequestro" is spelled S-E-Q-U-E-S-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.ˈkɛʃ.tɾu/.
What does "sequestro" mean?
As a noun, "sequestro" means: ato ou efeito de sequestrar
What words are commonly confused with "sequestro"?
"sequestro" is commonly confused with "sequestrado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sequestro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sequestro" is /sɨ.ˈkɛʃ.tɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sequestro" come from?
"sequestro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

simpático#8,686sacerdote#8,683regulação#8,677reeleição#8,676

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

prosseguir13 variantshierarquia13 variantsdirigente13 variantsdensidade13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list