sete
/ˈsɛ.tʃi/, /ˈsɛ.ti/
The verdict
“sete” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #858) as a numeral. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #858
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha sete elementos distintos; número equivalente a seis mais um, representado pelo símbolo 7 em algarismos arábicos ou VII/vii em algarismos romanos
Corpus desk
Index PT-sete · sete · Portuguese
sete · rank #858 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #858
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH rádio
Nearest frequency peer: rádio (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “sete”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- presença
presença
99,146 corpus weight
- rádio
rádio
99,144 corpus weight
- sete
sete
99,143 corpus weight
- tornar
tornar
99,142 corpus weight
- trás
trás
99,141 corpus weight
- verde
verde
99,139 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “sete” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | sete |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˈsɛ.tʃi/, /ˈsɛ.ti/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “sete”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for sete is neighbouring look-alikes ("seu", "sex", …), not just typos; it is anumeral pronounced /ˈsɛ.tʃi/, /ˈsɛ.ti/. Frequency #858 among 1,185 “S” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for sete, with forms such as "seet", "sette", and "ssete". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "seu", "sex", "she", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sete, spelled S-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha sete elementos distintos; número equivalente a seis mais um, representado pelo símbolo 7 em algarismos arábicos ou VII/vii em algarismos romanos
- 2que ocupa a sétima posição em uma lista ou ordenação
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sete appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
São sete as cores do arco-íris: vermelho, laranja, amarelo, verde, azul, anil e violeta.
No capítulo sete, o autor discute a questão de se é possível compor poesia em sonhos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- seet
- sette
- ssete
- stee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sete - 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
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