setevssextaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#858
“sete” frequency rank
#796
“sexta” frequency rank
1654
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sete sexta
Definition 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 o mesmo que sexta-feira

Letter map: sete vs sexta

Shared letters muted; letters that set sete and sexta apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
sete
5 ch
sexta

Part-of-speech tell for sete / sexta

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sete is anum and sextaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sete is recorded at frequency rank #858, classified as anum, pronounced /ˈsɛ.tʃi/, /ˈsɛ.ti/. sexta is at rank #796, tagged as anoun.

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 1654, this pair ranks #73,872 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sete vs sexta

Shared letters: est. Private to "sete": -. Private to "sexta": ax.

"sete" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sexta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • seteseet · sette · ssete · stee
  • sextaesxta · setxa · sexat · sextta · sexxta · ssexta · sxeta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sete" for "sexta" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sete" is a num and "sexta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sete" or "sexta"?
"sexta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #796 in our Portuguese list, against #858 for "sete". 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 "sete" and "sexta". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sexta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,872 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sete" and "sexta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "senda vs sexta". 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 #73,872 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