Which to use
“seals” is a noun and “seel” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,123
- “seals” frequency rank
- #46,271
- “seel” frequency rank
- 88394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seals | seel |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs seal | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs seelen |
Letter map: seals vs seel
Shared letters muted; letters that set seals and seel apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: seals vs seel
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seals is anoun and seelaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seals is recorded at frequency rank #42,123, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. seel is at rank #46,271, tagged as averb, pronounced [zeːl].
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 88394, this pair ranks #68,856 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of seals vs seel
Shared letters: els. Private to "seals": a. Private to "seel": -.
"seals" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "seel" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "seals" and "seel" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "seals" or "seel" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "seals" and "seel".
- Full dictionary entry for "seals" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seel" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,856 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seals" and "seel" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seel 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 #68,856 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.