setor
The verdict
“setor” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,629 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,629
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - parte de um círculo delimitada por dois raios e o segmento de curva correspondente na circunferência
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 | setor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “setor” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for setor is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #1,629 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for setor, with forms such as "estor", "seotr", and "setorr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sexo", "star", "stop", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is setor, spelled S-E-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1parte de um círculo delimitada por dois raios e o segmento de curva correspondente na circunferência
- 2região da zona de combate onde uma dada unidade desenvolve suas operações
- 3instrumento usado para medir a distância angular entre dois astros
- 4parte de um bloco de armazenamento em disco
- 5uma parte distinta de uma sociedade ou da economia de uma nação
- 6seção ou zona de uma cidade
- 7dispositivo que é usado na cabeça do volante, na forma de um sector circular das extremidades do arco
- 8placa de madeira, também sob a forma de um setor circular
- 9polo em que se assenta, quando o navio é fundeado
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: estor,seotr,setorr,setro,settor,ssetor,steor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of setor - 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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Using “setor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “sexo” - see the side-by-side comparison. setor vs sexo
- 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.