setor

noun

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The verdict

“setor” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,629
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte de um círculo delimitada por dois raios e o segmento de curva correspondente na circunferência

Corpus desk

Index PT-setor · setor · Portuguese

setor · rank #1,629 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,629
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sexual

Nearest frequency peer: sexual (+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 “setor”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “setor” 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).

setor vs sexo
60% similar
setor vs star
60% similar
setor vs stop
60% similar

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

Key facts for setor
PropertyValue
Headwordsetor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,629
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “setor”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sexual” (#1,630), “revolução” (#1,627), “resistência” (#1,626). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “setor” fica em #1,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around setor, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,629 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    parte de um círculo delimitada por dois raios e o segmento de curva correspondente na circunferência
  2. 2
    região da zona de combate onde uma dada unidade desenvolve suas operações
  3. 3
    instrumento usado para medir a distância angular entre dois astros
  4. 4
    parte de um bloco de armazenamento em disco
  5. 5
    uma parte distinta de uma sociedade ou da economia de uma nação
  6. 6
    seção ou zona de uma cidade
  7. 7
    dispositivo que é usado na cabeça do volante, na forma de um sector circular das extremidades do arco
  8. 8
    placa de madeira, também sob a forma de um setor circular
  9. 9
    polo em que se assenta, quando o navio é fundeado

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O combate no setor de Kursk foi a maior a batalha de tanques da história.
  2. No século XX o setor industrial cresceu vertiginosamente.

This word in other languages

sector(Español)secteur(Français)Sektor(Deutsch)

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.

estor2seotr2setorr1setro2settor1ssetor1steor2
Edit distance from "setor"

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 "setor"?
"setor" is spelled S-E-T-O-R.
What does "setor" mean?
As a noun, "setor" means: parte de um círculo delimitada por dois raios e o segmento de curva correspondente na circunferência
What words are commonly confused with "setor"?
"setor" is commonly confused with "sexo", "star", "stop". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "setor" come from?
"setor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

queda#1,623haver#1,614louco#1,649pedra#1,653

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

eleição7 variantscorrer7 variantscalma7 variantsteoria7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list