sinapse

/ziˈnapsɨ/

//ziˈnapsɨ// noun

The verdict

“sinapse” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,349 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,349
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ponto de contato entre duas células nervosas

Corpus desk

Index PT-sinapse · sinapse · Portuguese

sinapse · rank #71,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,349
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH scope

Nearest frequency peer: scope (-9 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “sinapse”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sinapse” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sinapse
PropertyValue
Headwordsinapse
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ziˈnapsɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,349
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sinapse” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).sinapsecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “scope” (#71,340), “saturar” (#71,334), “subterfúgio” (#71,365). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sinapse” fica em #71,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sinapse is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,349 among 1,185 “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

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list