sentemvsseteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sentem is a verb, sete is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sentem” is a verb and “sete” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,806
“sentem” frequency rank
#858
“sete” frequency rank
3664
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sentem sete
Definition terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo sentir cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha sete elementos distintos; número equivalente a seis mais um, representado pelo símbolo 7 em algarismos arábicos ou VII/vii em algarismos romanos

Letter map: sentem vs sete

Shared letters muted; letters that set sentem and sete apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
sentem
4 ch
sete

Part-of-speech tell for sentem / sete

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sentem is averb and seteanum. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sentem is recorded at frequency rank #2,806, classified as averb. sete is at rank #858, tagged as anum, pronounced /ˈsɛ.tʃi/, /ˈsɛ.ti/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 3664, this pair ranks #71,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sentem vs sete

Shared letters: est. Private to "sentem": mn. Private to "sete": -.

"sentem" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "sete" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sentemesntem · senetm · senntem · sentemm · sentme · senttem · setnem · snetem
  • seteseet · sette · ssete · stee

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sentem" and "sete" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sentem" is a verb and "sete" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sentem" vs "sete" - which ranks higher?
"sete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #858 in our Portuguese list, against #2,806 for "sentem". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "sentem" and "sete". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sentem" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sentem" and "sete" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sete vs sire". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #71,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list