# seal vs sei

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### seal
*verb · IPA [siːl] · frequency rank #32,260*
dichten, abdichten

### sei
*verb · IPA [zaɪ̯] · frequency rank #185*
2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs sein

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/seal-vs-sei