# sentar vs sertão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### sentar
*verb · frequency rank #3,587*
colocar em assento

### sertão
*noun · frequency rank #7,834*
zona pouco habitada do interior do Brasil, sobretudo a região semi-árida do norte-ocidental

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sentar-vs-sertao