seasonsvssetWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,768
“seasons” frequency rank
#3,995
“set” frequency rank
41763
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seasons set
Definition Plural des Substantivs season Kardinalzahl zwischen sechs und acht

Letter map: seasons vs set

Shared letters muted; letters that set seasons and set apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
seasons
3 ch
set

Part-of-speech tell for seasons / set

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seasons is anoun and setanum. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seasons is recorded at frequency rank #37,768, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. set is at rank #3,995, tagged as anum, 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 41763, this pair ranks #1,469,818 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of seasons vs set

Shared letters: es. Private to "seasons": ano. Private to "set": t.

"seasons" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "set" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • seasonsesasons · saesons · seaosns · seasnos · seasonns · seasonss · seasosn · seassons

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "seasons" for "set" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "seasons" is a noun and "set" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "seasons" or "set"?
"set" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,995 in our German list, against #37,768 for "seasons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "seasons" and "set". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "seasons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "set" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,469,818 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seasons" and "set" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs seasons". 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 #1,469,818 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list