sinapse

/ziˈnapsɨ/

//ziˈnapsɨ// noun

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The verdict

“sinapse” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,349 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,349
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ponto de contato entre duas células nervosas

Key facts for sinapse
PropertyValue
Headwordsinapse
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ziˈnapsɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,349
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sinapse” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sinapse lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sinapse is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,349 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ziˈnapsɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sinapse in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is sinapse, spelled S-I-N-A-P-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ponto de contato entre duas células nervosas
  2. 2
    união de cromossomos

This word in other languages

synapse(English)sinapsis(Español)Synapse(Deutsch)

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 "sinapse"?
"sinapse" is spelled S-I-N-A-P-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ziˈnapsɨ/.
What does "sinapse" mean?
As a noun, "sinapse" means: ponto de contato entre duas células nervosas
How do you pronounce "sinapse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sinapse" is /ziˈnapsɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sinapse" come from?
"sinapse" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “sinapse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-I-N-A-P-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ziˈnapsɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list