Which to use
“seal” is a verb and “sed” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,260
- “seal” frequency rank
- #5,221
- “sed” frequency rank
- 37481
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seal | sed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dichten, abdichten | aber, wobei, sondern; jedoch |
Letter map: seal vs sed
Shared letters muted; letters that set seal and sed apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for seal / sed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seal is averb and sedaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seal is recorded at frequency rank #32,260, classified as averb, pronounced [siːl]. sed is at rank #5,221, tagged as aconj, pronounced […].
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 37481, this pair ranks #1,589,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of seal vs sed
Shared letters: es. Private to "seal": al. Private to "sed": d.
"seal" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "sed" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- seal ← esal · seall · sela · sseal
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seal" and "sed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "seal" or "sed" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "seal" and "sed".
- Full dictionary entry for "seal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,589,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seal" and "sed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seal vs seg". 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 #1,589,082 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.