sexto
The verdict
“sexto” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,338 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,338
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição sexta em uma série; o que vem depois do quinto
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 | sexto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sexto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sexto is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #7,338 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição sexta em uma série; o que vem depois do quinto".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sexto, with forms such as "esxto", "setxo", and "sexot". 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, "sito", "solto", "susto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is sexto, spelled S-E-X-T-O.
Definition
- 1refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição sexta em uma série; o que vem depois do quinto
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esxto,setxo,sexot,sextto,sexxto,ssexto,sxeto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sexto - 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 “sexto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-X-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “sito” - see the side-by-side comparison. sexto vs sito
- 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.