sineta

noun

The verdict

“sineta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,337 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,337
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequeno sino

Corpus desk

Index PT-sineta · sineta · Portuguese

sineta · rank #92,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,337
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH servilismo

Nearest frequency peer: servilismo (-10 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 “sineta”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sineta
PropertyValue
Headwordsineta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,337
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sineta” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “servilismo” (#92,327), “sovina” (#92,350), “stash” (#92,352). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sineta” fica em #92,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sineta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,337 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pequeno sino".

Zero misspellings are on record for sineta in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is sineta, spelled S-I-N-E-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequeno sino

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A sineta tilintou languidamente.

Synonyms

tintinábulo

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 "sineta"?
"sineta" is spelled S-I-N-E-T-A.
What does "sineta" mean?
As a noun, "sineta" means: pequeno sino
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list