sinete

noun

The verdict

“sinete” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,430 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,430
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequeno objeto de metal com uma assinatura (normalmente do proprietário), brasão ou outro símbolo usado para imprimir tal símbolo em cera, usada para selar cartas e autenticar documentos

Corpus desk

Index PT-sinete · sinete · Portuguese

sinete · rank #91,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,430
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH solitude

Nearest frequency peer: solitude (+8 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 “sinete”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sinete
PropertyValue
Headwordsinete
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#91,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sinete” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sinetecai 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: “solitude” (#91,438), “seringal” (#91,418), “stacks” (#91,447). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sinete” fica em #91,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sinete is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,430 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sinete in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is sinete, spelled S-I-N-E-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequeno objeto de metal com uma assinatura (normalmente do proprietário), brasão ou outro símbolo usado para imprimir tal símbolo em cera, usada para selar cartas e autenticar documentos
  2. 2
    cera marcada com um sinete¹
  3. 3
    carimbo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cartas a Lucílio

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 "sinete"?
"sinete" is spelled S-I-N-E-T-E.
What does "sinete" mean?
As a noun, "sinete" means: pequeno objeto de metal com uma assinatura (normalmente do proprietário), brasão ou outro símbolo usado para imprimir tal símbolo em cera, usada para selar cartas e autenticar documentos
What language does "sinete" come from?
"sinete" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sinete", 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