sessenta
/sɨ.ˈsẽ.tɐ/
The verdict
“sessenta” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,696
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - número equivalente a seis dezenas; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha seis dezenas de elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 60 (algarismos arábicos) ou LX (algarismos romanos)
Corpus desk
Index PT-sessenta · sessenta · Portuguese
sessenta · rank #7,696 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,696
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH selva
Nearest frequency peer: selva (-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 “sessenta”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- salgado
salgado
92,308 corpus weight
- selva
selva
92,306 corpus weight
- sessenta
sessenta
92,305 corpus weight
- singular
singular
92,304 corpus weight
- sun
sun
92,303 corpus weight
- tapete
tapete
92,302 corpus weight
What this shows “sessenta” 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 | sessenta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /sɨ.ˈsẽ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “sessenta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around sessenta (IPA /sɨ.ˈsẽ.tɐ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,696 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "número equivalente a seis dezenas; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha seis dezenas de elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 60 (algarismos arábicos) ou LX (algarismos romanos)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sessenta, with forms such as "esssenta", "sesenta", and "sesesnta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "setenta", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is sessenta, spelled S-E-S-S-E-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1número equivalente a seis dezenas; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha seis dezenas de elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 60 (algarismos arábicos) ou LX (algarismos romanos)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esssenta
- sesenta
- sesesnta
- sessenat
- sessennta
- sessentta
- sessetna
- sessneta
- ssesenta
- ssessenta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sessenta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "sessenta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).